Gerald Celente: War In Iraq To Get Much Worse, Al Qaeda Takes Falluja & 2014 Predictions

Gerald Celente: War In Iraq To Get Much Worse, Al Qaeda Takes Falluja & 2014 Predictions



In Iraq, the army is preparing an all-out attack to regain control of Fallujah after it was seized by Al-Qaeda linked militants who declared it an Islamic state on Friday. Several airstrikes have already hit the city. Meanwhile the country's Prime Minister has called on residents to help drive-out the insurgents. Gerald Celente, publisher of the Trends Journal, joins RT studio to give his perspective on what's happening in Fallujah.

In Iraq, 2013 has been the deadliest year since 2008, and the rising death toll could be a potential harbinger of things to come. After the bloodiest civil war period of 2006-07, violence in the country dropped off as a result of the US military's "surge" strategy. But after US troops left on Dec. 18, 2011, Iraqis were left to come to terms with nearly a decade of war. It soon became apparent that the deep inter-ethnic fissures that almost tore the country apart were merely bandaged, but not remedied.



By April 2013, simmering sectarian tensions boiled over and the country experienced its deadliest month in half a decade. If a day goes by in Iraq without scores being maimed or killed in car bombings outside schools, mosques or crowded markets, that day is the exception rather than the rule. Hundreds continue to die each month in such grisly attacks. What follows is an account of the violence that has gripped the country over the past year. There are no coffins draped in Stars and Stripes, but the cameras are rolling and the world is watching.

Gerald Celente (born November 29, 1946) is an American trend forecaster, publisher of the Trends Journal, business consultant and author who makes predictions about the global financial markets and other events of historical importance. Celente has described himself as a "political atheist" and "citizen of the world". He has appeared as a guest on media outlets such as The Oprah Winfrey Show, The Today Show, Good Morning America, CBS Morning News, The Glenn Beck Show, NBC Nightly News, The Alex Jones Show, Coast to Coast AM and Russia Today.