Occupation forces are the main targets of the Iraqi resistance.

“The insurgency has gotten worse by almost all measures, with insurgent attacks at historically high levels,” said a senior Defense Department official who agreed to discuss the issue only on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak for attribution. “The insurgency has more public support and is demonstrably more capable in numbers of people active and in its ability to direct violence than at any point in time.”

For more read here:

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/08/17/world/middleeast/17military.html?_r=1&ref=todayspaper&pagewanted=all&oref=slogin

And from the BBC:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/5052138.stm

and George Bush's (and no doubt Tory Blair's) solution:

Blood borders
How a better Middle East would look

http://www.armedforcesjournal.com/2006/06/1833899

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