Through a recent survey it has been disclosed there are approximately 40 wars taking place concurrently across the globe. Some countries are involved in more than one conflict.

United States of America - involved in 4
Indonesia - 4
India - 3
Israel - 2
Pakistan - 2

Concurrent conflicts include these nations:

Algeria Civil War 1992 -->
Angola Cabinda 1975 -->

Basque Separatist Conflict (Spain) 1958 -->
Burma Longest running Civil War 1948 -->

Burundi Civil War 1994-->
Congo (Zaire) Congo Regional War 1998-->
Georgia Civil War 1991-->
India Assam 1985 -->
India Kashmir 1970s-->
India Naxalite Uprising 1967 -->
Indonesia Papua / West Irian 1963 -->

Iraq Kurdish and Shiite Muslim Rebellion 1991-->
Israel Al-Aqsa Intifada (Palestinian) 2000 -->
Ivory Coast Civil War 2002 -->
Laos Hmong Insurgency 2000 -->

Lebanon2007 --> Plus heading towards Civil War 2011
Mexico – War on Drugs 2006-->
Nepal Maoists 1996 -->
Nigeria Civil Disturbances 1997 -->

North Korea 2001-->

Northern Ireland 1969-->
Pakistan Baluchistan 2004 -->
Pakistan Pashtun Jihad 2001 -->

Palestine Civil War 2007-->
Philippines Moro Uprising 1969-->
Russia Chechen Uprising 1992 -->

Ruwandan Civil War1994 -->

Somalia Civil War 1991-->
Sri Lanka Tamil Separatists 1983 -->
Sudan Darfur 1983 -->
Thailand Islamic Rebels and Cambodia border fighting 2001 -->
Turkey Kurdistan 1984 -->
Uganda Civil Conflict 1980 -->
United States Afghanistan 1980 -->
United States Djibouti 2001 -->
United States Iraq 1990 -->
Uzbekistan Civil Disturbances 2005 -->
Yemen Sheik al-Houti 2004 -->

As well as all the above there is the:

Arab Wave Revolution embracing all the Arab nations of North Africa and the Middle East, involving brutal fighting in several nations

War on Terrorism and the Taliban

War on Piracy – in particular in the Gulf of Aden

War on Disease

War on Crime

War on Poverty

War on Racism

War on Rising Costs (food prices are skyrocketing globally)

War, in all its various forms, is BIG BUSINESS. Someone always earns money and a great deal at that, out of war, whether it is from selling ammunition and weapons, or medicines to surgical equipment. The troops have to be fed and transported. Who then is behind the wars and is there a concerted effort to stop them?

About the author,

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