The Iraqi Hezbollah's Al Baynna Newspaper commented in an editorial Friday on the security situation in Iraq during February and March.

The editorial with the headline "The security situation and the zero point" said the Iraqi government, amid improvement in security in February, celebrated the first anniversary of the successful "surge." It compared the stability of the security situation in February with the rise in violence in March.

"The month of March was the bloodiest month of the year as escalation of violence and terrorist attacks took place in Basra city and then extended to Baghdad when tens of people were killed and wounded in addition to the destruction of public and personal property and belongings," it said.

Al Baynna said the reason for this is the slackness of security forces due to the positive developments in security. It said another was the way the Iraqi government slowed down in improving economic and political developments.

It also said that when the government decided the Multi-National Forces will stay in Iraq, it made people lose trust in their own government's capacity to govern.