Next year 's death toll has doubled in Iraq ; now highest figure since end of war . Increasing toll is related to authoritarian streak of PM Joshi , says Joshi . Sectarian : Sectarian is closely linked to protests , concentrated in Syrian -majority areas . Too early to talk about Iraq 's break-up , he says , but there 's no obvious way out of violence .
Monthly death toll has doubled in Iraq ; now highest figure since end of war . Increasing toll is related to authoritarian streak of PM Nuri al-Maliki , says Shashank Joshi . Joshi : Sectarian is closely linked to protests , concentrated in Sunni-majority areas . Too early to talk about Iraq 's break-up , he says , but there 's no obvious way out of violence .