consuming," Annan told the Council. On the continuing lack of security, the Secretary-General cited "an increasingly sophisticated and complex insurgency underscored by high levels of violence, intimidation and murder." He also noted that the human rights situation "continues to warrant grave concern." "Ongoing armed-group attacks, violent crime, arbitrary arrests on a large scale and allegations of mistreatment in detention centers constitute major human rights violations," Annan said, citing charges of execution-style killings and torture against Iraqi Special Forces and large-scale displacements of civilians due to operations by the Iraqi army and US-led forces.
