The+threat+to+States+from+paramilitary+and+organized+crime+groups

Paramilitary and organized crime, from an objective standpoint, have been significant sources of strife and communal instability. There exists a connection between both, and on many circumstances organized crime, such as drug and human trafficking fund the operation and sustainability of paramilitary organizations. this has occured in the past in Sierra Leone with the RUF crisis, wherein UN intervention was peripheral and did nothing to mediate the outbreak of murder in the nation except for extracting foreign nationals. The most pressing circumstance is the drug cartels of Mexico, which are traficking their supplies throughout the globe with emphasis to Hispanic-inhabited areas in the continenetal US. This is becoming an increasingly threatening issue, already claiming the lives of hundreds, and is causing severe disruption in communities which are directly affiliated with drug trafficking. While observing all these problems, Iraq has seen various paramilitary groups attempting to disrupt civillian life, and claim power in the region of the Middle East. The Islamic brotherhood and Al-qaeda have been specific players in the Gulf-war, assisiting disgruntled locals in conducting guerilla attacks on US military personnel as well as Iraqi police. Given that Iraq is a recently restored nations, we are still recovering from severe economic, political and social dsruption that comes with war, and we are planning on maintaining order so that our efforts at recovery and development are uninterrupted.