Al Jazeera has been given a bleak insight into the potential for a resurgence of violence in Iraq.

Figures from the United States suggest the daily cycle of violence has dropped by around 60 per cent.

But pictures obtained by Al Jazeera show that the Islamic Front for Resistance in Iraq or Jami is obtaining newer and better weapons.

And former Iraqi army officers who lost their jobs after the invasion are training young recruits to fight US troops.

Our Iraq Correspondent, Hoda Abdel Hamid, has the second of our exclusive reports.