Iraq Insurgency In Iraq

Insurgencies have existed for decades and occur all around the world. It is an act of desperation in which the only option left is to turn to brutal violence, psychological warfare, and political mobilization. Iraq is one of the places in which insurgency has significantly changed its society, politics, and economy. Although acts of insurgency have occurred in Iraq through several centuries, the way the act was executed and the aftermath was notably distinct.
No officials aspired to ensure continuity of a stable and secure government in Iraq’s major cities and throughout the countryside. Years of critical factional and ethnic tension were simply ignored. Actions caused by Saddam Hussein’s regime that had crippled Iraq’s economic development since the early years of the Iran-Iraq War were ignored (Beckett). After the 2003 invasion, an insurgency began in Iraq and lasted throughout the Iraq War and toppled Saddam …show more content…
The previous Iraqi insurgencies resulted in heavy conflicts with the central government, not to mention the sectarian violence among the religious groups as well. The insurgency was a direct continuation following the U.S. led invasion in Iraq. As the U.S. withdrew its military, Sunni militant groups began to target the country’s majority Shia population in order to undermine the confidence in the Shia led government and its efforts to protect its people without support from the Americans.
In 2014, the insurgency ascended severely following the conquest of Mosul and major areas in northern Iraq by the Sunni rebel group, thereby merging the new conflict with the Syrian Civil War, into a new, far deadlier conflict.
After 12 years of the crisis, the rise of ISIS began. It has transformed the insurgency into a regional war. It is important to understand the progression of the insurgencies that occur throughout the centuries in order to realize what could be done to end such