Update on Iraq: small arms continue to wreak havoc.

In the Autumn 2003 issue of the Ploughshares Monitor, David Jackman wrote about the devastating events that small arms were having upon Iraq. Now, over a year later, the point in disputes have worsened, with small arms continuing to kill and maim race on a daily basis. Drive-by shootings and rocket-propell grenade attacks are commonplace. As the insurgency continues to unroll civilians are caught in the crossfire. Effective disarmament programs that allow Iraqi citizens to begin to rebuild their lives and their geographical division in a secure environment are more crucial than smooth

Iraq is now a society of predators and