== External Links ==
===2003===
*James Dunnigan, [http://www.strategypage.com/dls/articles/20031029.asp "The Civil War in Iraq,"] ''Strategy Page'', October 29, 2003.
===2004===
*[http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/FA17Ak02.html "When Sistani speaks, Bush listens,"] ''Asia Times'', January 17, 2004.
*Naomi Klein, [http://www.commondreams.org/views04/0122-06.htm "Bush's Iraq: An Appointocracy,"] ''Globe & Mail'' (Canada), January 22, 2004.*Warren P. Strobel and Jonathan S. Landay, [http://www.commondreams.org/headlines04/0122-01.htm "CIA Officers Warn of Iraq Civil War, Contradicting Bush's Optimism,"] Knight Ridder Newspapers (''Common Dreams''), January 22, 2004.
*Marc Erikson, [http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/FA24Ak03.html "Why Saddam's arrest ''did'' matter,"] ''Asia Times'', January 24, 2004: "The Saddam arrest could very well prove a turning point - for the worse only if collective US foreign and intelligence services' memory utterly fails. That - given customary State Department and CIA institutional lack of attention span - cannot, of course, be ruled out. The crucial issue is what policy the United States adopts toward elements of the Iraqi resistance cast loose by the capture of their nominal leader."
*William S. Lind, [http://www.antiwar.com/lind/?articleid=3120 "Civil War in Iraq?"] ''Antiwar.com'', July 22, 2004.
*Luke Harding, [http://www.guardian.co.uk/Iraq/Story/0,2763,1304852,00.html "Iraq: a descent into civil war?"] ''Guardian Unlimited'' (UK), September 15, 2005.
*Jim Lobe, [http://ipsnews.org/news.asp?idnews=26197 "U.S.-IRAQ: 'Phantom Fury' Poised to Become Phantom Victory,"] Inter Press Service, November 8, 2004.
===2005==
*[[Seymour M. Hersh]], [http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=05/05/11/142250 " Iraq 'Moving Towards Open Civil War',"] [[Democracy Now!]], May 11, 2005.
===2006===
*Borzou Daragahi, et al., [http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/chi-0603040149mar04,1,3756193.story?coll=chi-newsnationworld-hed "19 Iraqi plant workers killed. Objection mounts to keeping Shiite premier,"] ''Chicago Tribune'', March 4, 2006.
*[http://www.startribune.com/722/story/286938.html "Other developments,"] ''Star Tribune'', March 5, 2006: "Targeted sectarian violence killed at least five people Sunday. Three men died in a gunfight at a Sunni mosque in Baghdad and two relatives of a Sunni cleric were slain in a drive-by shooting. Sunnis accused deaths squads allied to the interim government, allegations denied by the Shiite-dominated Interior Ministry."
*[[Anthony H. Cordesman]], [http://news.monstersandcritics.com/middleeast/article_1134747.php/How_Iraq%60s_woes_escalated "How Iraq's woes escalated,"] UPI (''Monsters and Critics''(UK)), March 5, 2006.*Jake Tapper, [http://abcnews.go.com/WNT/IraqCoverage/story?id=1689688&page=1 "Expert on Iraq: 'We're In a Civil War',"] ABC News, March 5, 2006.
*[http://www.iht.com/articles/2006/03/06/news/iraq.php "String of explosions rock Baghdad,"] Associated Press (''International Herald Tribune''), March 6, 2006.
*Alexandra Zavis, [http://www.forbes.com/entrepreneurs/feeds/ap/2006/03/06/ap2572213.html "Update 11: Explosions in Baghdad Kill 11 Iraqis,"] Associated Press (''Forbes''), March 6, 2006.
*[http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ap/world/3703404.html "Car Bombing in Iraq Kills Five People,"] Associated Press (''Houston Chronicle''), March 6, 2006.
*Richard Morin, [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/03/06/AR2006030600369.html "Majority in U.S. Fears Iraq Civil War. Poll Also Finds Growing Doubt About Bush,"] ''Washington Post'', March 7, 2006.
*John Walsh, [http://www.counterpunch.org/walsh03092006.html "Daniel Pipes Finds Comfort in Muslims Killing Muslims. Neocon Advocates Civil War in Iraq as 'Strategic' Policy,"] ''CounterPunch'', March 9, 2006.
*[http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/IraqCoverage/story?id=1743050&page=1 "Will Fourth Year Bring Civil War or Peace in Iraq?"] ABC News, March 19, 2006.
*[http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/holnus/003200603191921.htm "Iraq in deep crisis and in civil war: Allawi,"] PTI (''The Hindu'' (India)), March 19, 2006.