Despite violence drop, officers see bleak future for Iraq

Posted on Wed, Aug. 15, 2007

Despite violence drop, officers see bleak future for Iraq

Leila Fadel | McClatchy Newspapers

last updated: August 15, 2007 11:14:36 AM

BAGHDAD — Despite U.S. claims that violence is down in the Iraqi capital, U.S. military officers are offering a bleak picture of Iraq’s future, saying they’ve yet to see any signs of reconciliation between Sunni and Shiite Muslims despite the drop in violence.

Without reconciliation, the military officers say, any decline in violence will be temporary and bloodshed could return to previous levels as soon as the U.S. military cuts back its campaign against insurgent attacks.