Violence Dropped in Iraq in 2010

Violence in Iraq reached its lowest levels in 2010 since the start of the war, U.S. military commanders said Tuesday, giving some optimism to their plan to have all security forces out by the end of 2011. Security incidents fell overall by 20 percent between 2009 and 2010, although the deputy commander of U.S. forces in Iraq, Robert Cone, cautioned there is still “room for improvement.” Iraqi public opinion, meanwhile, remained firmly convinced that their security has not improved, and a host of high-profile attacks in the past couple of weeks have not changed many minds. “The majority does not believe that the government will achieve a good level of security in the near future,” Babnews reported.