21-May-13 World View -- Wave of terrorist violence in Iraq

[John]

21-May-13 World View -- Wave of terrorist violence in Iraq kills hundreds


EU steps up investigation of oil price-fixing scandal

** 21-May-13 World View -- Wave of terrorist violence in Iraq kills hundreds
** http://www.generationaldynamics.com/pg/ ... tm#e130521



Contents:
Wave of terrorist violence in Iraq kills hundreds
EU steps up investigation of oil price-fixing scandal


Keys:
Generational Dynamics, Iraq, Shia, Sunni, Afghanistan, Pakistan,
Syria, Bashar al-Assad, oil-price fixing

[Trevor]

Not only is Syria a civil war, but it's becoming a battleground for outside groups as well, on an even worse scale than Iraq. Hezbollah is rushing in to defend Assad, Iran's already got thousands of Revolutionary guard troops and intends on sending in 10,000 more in order to bolster Assad.

And a good number of foreigners are fighting for the opposition. Granted, it's currently only about 10-15 percent of their total forces, but they are some of their most experienced fighters. The Al-Nusra group is primarily made of foreign fighters. Some of them have even come from Europe. You've got militias from Iraq fighting on both sides of the conflict. It's a hell of a mess, to put it mildly.

So even if/when Assad falls, I'm not sure some of the groups will stop fighting. I just hope this ends soon, because the longer it drags on, the more likely it is that other nations will be dragged into it, perhaps as a last ditch effort by Assad to keep his power.