As stated in “The Report of the Iraq Inquiry – Executive Summary”: “681. From early June 2003, and throughout the summer, there were signs that security in both Baghdad and the South was deteriorating. The MOD’s SPG warned that ‘more organized opposition to the Coalition may be emerging’ as discontent about the Coalition’s failure to deliver a secure environment began to grow in the Iraqi population.”
– Commissioned by the Prime Minister The Right Honourable Gordon Brown MP, “The Report of the Iraq Inquiry: Executive Summary,” IraqInquiry.org.uk, June 5, 2003