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Iraq world's No. 2 failed state
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| Contributor | Brandonius Maximus |
| Last Edited | Brandonius Maximus Jun 18, 2007 04:09pm |
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| Category | Analysis |
| Media | Newspaper - Toronto Globe and Mail |
| News Date | Monday, June 18, 2007 10:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | WASHINGTON — Iraq has emerged as the world's second most unstable country, behind Sudan, more than four years after President George W. Bush ordered the U.S. invasion to topple Saddam Hussein, according to a survey released on Monday.
The 2007 Failed States Index, produced by Foreign Policy magazine and the Fund for Peace, said Iraq suffered a third straight year of deterioration in 2006 with diminished results across a range of social, economic, political and military indicators. Iraq ranked fourth last year.
Afghanistan, another war-torn country where U.S. and NATO forces are battling a Taliban insurgency nearly six years after a U.S.-led invasion, was in eighth place.
"Iraq and Afghanistan, the two main fronts in the global war on terror, both suffered over the past year," a report that accompanied the figures said. |
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