I spoke with Monocle 24’s The Briefing on Monday about the surge in violence in Iraq this year, including the deaths of more than 50 people on Sunday in car bombings.
Listen to discussion from 7:47 on The Briefing homepage or in a pop-out window
The conversation asks which groups are behind the violence, whether it is connected to the Syrian conflict, and whether this is a civil war.
There is no chance that the Maliki Government is going to be overthrown tomorrow. This is just ongoing violence — decentralised violence — on a daily basis. And the Government does not have the resources or the authority to stop it.
