A top American adviser on Iraq has accused the US military of glossing over an upsurge in violence just months before its troops are due to be withdrawn. The US Special Inspector General for Iraq reconstruction Stuart W Bowen Jr. said the killing of US soldiers, senior Iraqi figures as well as attacks in Baghdad had all risen making Iraq more dangerous than a year ago. In fact the overall figures that Iraqi civilian deaths in the first six months of this year show a very slight improvement over the last year. But patterns of violence have changed. There are few of big bomb explosions but more targeted killings of Iraqi officials or security forces. On average nearly a dozen civilians die in violence there every single day.