Years after the removal of strongman Saddam Hussein, Iraq continues to struggle and show patchy progress. And while economic and political progress is wildly uneven, the cancer of corruption appears to be ever-present and is entrenching itself firmly in the political machinery of the country, undoing much of the painfully slow progress of the past few years.
As early as 2006, analysts had warned that corruption was like a 'second insurgency' in the country, more difficult to dislodge than the terrorists and militant groups that roam the country, and their worst fears have come to pass as corruption has a great threat to the stability of the country.
The International Crisis Group (ICG) highlights the souring mood among the Iraqi citizens who are frustrated by their government's lack of commitment and the crippling corruption that appears to be embedded in government institutions, and bring "with it the type of chronic abuse, rampant corruption and growing authoritarianism that is the inevitable result of failing oversight."
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