Five years on, Iraq still a nation at war

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AFP
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080316/pl_afp/iraqwar5years_080316043614

Five years after US-led invasion troops swept through Iraq, feared dictator Saddam Hussein is dead and an elected government sits in Baghdad -- but Iraqis remain beset by rampant violence, political stalemate, economic woes and the humiliation of a foreign occupation.

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But fear of Saddam's hated secret police has been replaced by a new terror, with Iraq still being hit on a daily basis by insurgent attacks and Sunni-Shiite violence where victims are counted in scores.

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The economy, the main concern of Iraqis after security, is a wreck. Unemployment is running at between 25 and 50 percent of the workforce, according to government figures.

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Government calls for Iraqi refugees to return to help rebuild the country have been largely ignored. Fewer than 50,000 have returned from neighbouring Jordan and Syria, where more than two million have fled.

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1. And Our Economy Is Spiraling Downward

Isn't that how Bin Laden planned to win all along?