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In the [[war in Iraq]], the "worst{{Navbar-case scenario has always been a full-blown civil war between its former Sunni ruling class and the long-oppressed Shiite majority with U.S. forces caught in the middle" and the "new worst-case scenario has [[Iran]] or [[Syria]] getting directly involved as the [[Iraq Coalition Casualty Statistics|body counts rise]]. [[Multi-National Security Transition Command-Iraq|Operation Iraqi security forces]] are obviously incapable of keeping the peace. Americans can't leave but don't have the numbers to impose [[martial law]] on the entire country and, in the process, expose themselves to greater risk." [http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060301/OPINION01/603010326/1069]Freedom}}
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:*"I don't think anybody anticipated the level of violence we encountered" in Iraq.—Vice President [[Dick Cheney]], [[National Press Club]] in Washington, D.C., June 19, 2006. [http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000103&sid=alTj0kZnWubQ&refer=us] :*"The U.S. government conducted a series of secret war games in 1999 that anticipated an [[invasion of Iraq]] would require 400,000 troops, and even then chaos might ensue."—John Heilprin, Associated Press, November 5, 2006. [http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/I/IRAQ_WAR_GAMES?SITE=1010WINS&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT] :*"In the bleakest assessment yet of conditions in Iraq, the 10-member [[Iraq Study Group]] bluntly said President [[George W. Bush]]'s current policy 'is not working' and urged the White House to hold direct talks with regimes in [[Iran]] and [[Syria]] on ways to reduce the bloodshed," Sheldon Alberts of CanWest News Service [http://www.canada.com/victoriatimescolonist/news/story.html?id=e7c3d32e-b728-4ca8-a94e-e2a5cbb3ef81&k=83014 reported] December 7, 2006. "The panel specifically called on the White House to embark on a major diplomatic initiative before the end of December, or risk having [[Iraq]] continue its 'slide toward chaos'." "The debate is over: By any definition, Iraq is in a state of civil war. Indeed, the only thing standing between Iraq and a descent into total Bosnia-like devastation is 135,000 U.S. troops—and even they are merely slowing the fall. The internecine conflict could easily spiral into one that threatens not only Iraq but also its neighbors throughout the oil-rich Persian Gulf region with instability, turmoil and war," Daniel L. Byman and [[Kenneth M. Pollack]] [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/08/18/AR2006081800983.html wrote] August 20, 2006, in the ''Washington Post''. "The consequences of an all-out civil war in Iraq could be dire. Considering the experiences of recent such conflicts, hundreds of thousands of people may die. Refugees and displaced people could number in the millions. And with Iraqi insurgents, militias and organized crime rings wreaking havoc on Iraq's oil infrastructure, a full-scale civil war could send global oil prices soaring even higher," Byman and Pollack wrote. "Across central Iraq, there is an exodus of people fleeing for their lives as sectarian assassins and death squads hunt them down. At ground level, Iraq is disintegrating as [[ethnic cleansing]] takes hold on a massive scale," Patrick Cockburn [http://news.independent.co.uk/world/middle_east/article548945.ece reported] in ''The Independent'' (UK), May 20, 2006. In the [[war in Iraq]], the "worst-case scenario has always been a full-blown civil war between its former Sunni ruling class and the long-oppressed Shiite majority with U.S. forces caught in the middle" and the "new worst-case scenario has [[Iran]] or [[Syria]] getting directly involved as the [[Iraq Coalition Casualty Statistics|body counts rise]]. [[Multi-National Security Transition Command-Iraq|Iraqi security forces]] are obviously incapable of keeping the peace. Americans can't leave but don't have the numbers to impose [[martial law]] on the entire country and, in the process, expose themselves to greater risk," according to a March 1, 2006, ''Detroit Free Press'' [http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060301/OPINION01/603010326/1069 editorial]. New "outbursts of violence" in a "series of suicide attacks, car bombs and mortar barrages rocked Baghdad" February 28, 2006, killing "more than 75 people" and wounding many. Two explosions on March 1, 2006, left another 26 dead and 65 wounded, as [[Iraq]] "teetered on the brink of sectarian civil war." [http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/opinion/261155_domed.asp][http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2006/03/01/MNGTUHGG921.DTL][http://apnews.myway.com/article/20060228/D8G2B6EG0.html]
"The past six days of violence that have convulsed Iraq since the bombing of the al-Askariya shrine" on February 22, 2005, "could be much worse than Iraqi and Coalition officials have admitted," Chris Allbritton [http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1168677,00.html wrote] in ''TIME''. The ''Washington Post'' [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/02/27/AR2006022701128.html reported] February 28, 2006, "that more than 1,300 bodies had been delivered to the Baghdad morgue, directly challenging the Iraqi government’s assertion that 216 people had been killed around the country since the Wednesday bombing of the al-Askariya shrine in Samarra.
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==[[Another "new phase" of civil war in Iraq|Another "new phase" in Iraq]]==
==''Chicago Tribune'': "On the ground, it's civil war"==
"The dictionary definition says a civil war involves war between geographical sections or political factions of the same nation," Aamer Madhani [http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/chi-0604140103apr14,1,1200285.story?coll=chi-news-hed&ctrack=1&cset=true wrote] April 14, 2006. "An estimated 30,000 Iraqis have died in violence since the U.S.-led invasion in March 2003. There are no accurate figures of how many were killed by U.S. troops, but slayings of Iraqis by fellow Iraqis have increased dramatically as the war has progressed.
"Many U.S. and Iraqi officials insist that the violence engulfing the country does not constitute civil war. But by any reasonable standard, 'the conflict in Iraq is a civil war,' said [[James D. Fearon|James Fearon]], a [[Stanford University]] political scientist who specializes in the study of civil conflict. 'The rate [of killings] is comparable to Sri Lanka, the Lebanese war and Bosnia,' all of which were widely regarded as civil wars," Madhani [http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/chi-0604140103apr14,1,1200285.story?coll=chi-news-hed&ctrack=1&cset=true wrote].
"[[Larry Diamond]], a former adviser to the U.S.-led [[Coalition Provisional Authority]] in Iraq and fellow at the [[Hoover Institution on War, Revolution and Peace]], said the question is only one of semantics. 'You can use whatever language you want to describe it, but the violence is increasing and it is becoming more vengeful and polarized,' Diamond said." [http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/chi-0604140103apr14,1,1200285.story?coll=chi-news-hed&ctrack=1&cset=true]
==Background==
According to Spengler in the January 21, 2004 edition of the [http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/FA21Ak01.html ''Asia Times''], civil war in Iraq may be preferable, as well as advantageous, to the United States. After all, it asked, "which is better, to have Iraqis shooting at American soldiers, or at each other?"
"Top officials are scrambling to save the U.S. [[exit strategy]] after concluding that Iraq's most powerful Shiite cleric, [[Grand Ayatollah Ali al Husseini al Sistani]], is unlikely to drop his demand for elections for an interim assembly that would choose an interim government by June 30. ... [[L. Paul Bremer]] would then hand over power to the interim government."
== External Links =====2003=Reports==*James Dunnigan, [http://www.strategypagesenate.comgov/dls/articles/20030404.asp "The Coming Iraqi Civil War,"] ''Strategy Page'', April 4, 2003.*James Dunnigan, [http://www.strategypage.com~foreign/dlshearings/articles/20031029.asp "The Civil War in Iraq,"] ''Strategy Page'', October 29, 2003. ===2004===*[http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/FA17Ak02hrg040420a.html "When Sistani speaks, Bush listens,"] ''Asia Times'', January 17, 2004.*Naomi Klein, [http://www.commondreams.org/views04/0122-06.htm "Bush's IraqTransition: 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 "or Civil War in IraqSociety?"] ''Antiwar.com'', July 22, 2004.*Tom Regan, [http://www.csmonitor.com/2004/0906/dailyUpdate.html?s=rel "Report: Civil war most likely outcome in Iraq. Major British institute says breakup of Iraq is a likely scenario,"] ''Christian Science Monitor'', September 6, 2004.*Luke Harding, Hearing before the [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.*Pepe Escobar, [http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/FK25Ak04.html "The recipe for civil war,"Senate] ''Asia Times'', November 25, 2004.*[http://www.military.com/NewsContent/0,13319,FL_civil_122804,00.html "Iraq Edges Towards Civil War,"] UPI (military.com)Committee on Foreign Relations, December 28April 20, 2004.
==External links =2005====Background===*James DobbinsConnie Hammond, [http://www.foreignaffairsfreepress.org/20050101faessay84102departments/james-dobbinsdisplay/iraq-winning-the-unwinnable-war.html "Iraq: Winning the Unwinnable War,"] ''Foreign Affairs'', January13/February 2005.*Gareth Porter, [http://www.fpif.org2001/commentary101/20051/0501civil.html 15 "Does U.S. Occupation Prevent Civil The Gulf War in Iraq? Think Againnever ended,"] ''Foreign Policy in FocusJournal'', January 19, 2005Spring 2001 (issue); in [http://www.commondreams.org/views05/0120-26.htm ''Common DreamsThe Free Press''], January 20May 16, 20052001.*[[Seymour M. Hersh]]Stephen Zunes, [http://www.democracynowfreepress.org/article.pl?sid=05/05/11/142250 " Iraq 'Moving Towards Open Civil War',"] [[Democracy Now!]], May 11, 2005.*Timothy M. Phelps, [http://www.newsday.com/newsdepartments/nationworlddisplay/world13/ny-woiraq0512,0,4630319.story?coll=ny-top-headlines "Experts: Iraq verges on civil war,"] ''Newsday'', May 12, 2005.*Paul Craig Roberts, [http://www.counterpunch.org2001/roberts05282005.html 89 "Bush Opts for Civil War in Iraq. From Cakewalk to Bloodbath,"] ''CounterPunch'', May 28/30, 2005.*Hala Jaber, [http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2089-1687910,00.html "Allawi: this is the start of civil war,"] ''Times Online'' (UK), July 10, 2005.*[http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=05/08/03/1419259 "Bush's Exit Plan: Fomenting Civil War in Iraq?"] Democracy Now!, August 3, 2005.*A.K. Gupta, [http://www.why-war.com/news/2005/08/04/civilwar.html "Analysis: Civil War in Iraq, Made in the USA,"] Independent Media Center (''WhyWar.com''), August 4, 2005.*Catherine Philp, [http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,7374-1746919,00.html "Sunnis threaten civil war as Iraq constitution deadline extended,"] ''Times Online'' (UK), August 23, 2005.*Lionel Beehner, [http://www.cfr.org/publication/8869/iraq.html?breadcrumb=default "IRAQ: Is there Civil Years After Gulf War in Iraq?"] [[Council on Foreign Relations]], September 16, 2005.*Pepe Escobar, [http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/GI16Ak03.html "Welcome to civil war,"] ''Asia Times'', September 16, 2005.*Lara Logan, [http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2005/09/26/eveningnews/main886305.shtml "Undeclared Civil War In Iraq,"] CBS News, September 26, 2005.*Seymour M. Hersh, [http://www.newyorker.com/fact/content/articles/051205fa_fact "Up in the Air. Where is the Iraq war headed next?"] ''The New YorkerFree Press'', posted November 28October 18, 2006; December 5, 2005 issue2001.
===2006Articles & Commentary ===*[[John P. Murtha]], [http://www.huffingtonpost.com/rep-john-murtha/situation-in-iraq-is_b_13706.html "Situation in Iraq ''Is'' Civil War,"] ''The Huffington Post'', January 12, 2006. *Robert Dreyfuss, [http://www.alternet.org/waroniraq/31224/ "Is A Civil War in Iraq Inevitable?"] ''Tom Paine'' (''AlterNet''), January 25, 2006.*Jim Lobe, ====[http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/HB17Ak01.html "US struggles with a mutating insurgency,"] ''Asia Times'', February 17, 2006.*[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4743288.stm "Shrine bombing: Iraqis react,"] BBC, February 23, 2006.*Jeremy Bowen, [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/4741616.stm "Iraq's civil war nightmare,"] BBC, February 23, 2006.*Michael Howard, [http://www.guardian.co.uk/Iraq/Story/0,,1715873,00.html "Iraq slips towards civil war after attack on Shia shrine. Appeals for calm fail to halt reprisals,"] ''Guardian Unlimited'' (UK), February 23, 2006.*Syed Saleem Shahzad, [http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/HB24Ak01.html "Shrine attack deals blow to anti-US unity,"] ''Asia Times'', February 24, 2006.*Paul Reynolds, [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/4747316.stm "Iraq chaos threatens troop withdrawal. The chaos that has overtaken Iraq is now threatening hopes among the US and its allies that they might be able to start significant troop withdrawals in the coming months,"] BBC, February 24, 2006.*Sami Moubayed, [http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/HB25Ak02.html "Payback time in Iraq,"] ''Asia Times'', February 25, 2006.*David Gritten, [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/4750320.stm "Long path to Iraq's sectarian split. For more than 1,000 years, Iraq has served as a battleground for many of the events that have defined the schism between Sunni External Links 2002 and Shia Muslims,"] BBC, February 25, 2006.*Nancy A. Youssef, [http://www.realcities.com/mld/krwashington/13976406.htm "Sunnis say they're mobilizing to combat Shiites, protect mosques,"] Knight Ridder Newspapers, February 27, 2006.*[http://www.crisisgroup.org/home/index.cfm?id=3980&l=1 "The Next Iraqi War? Sectarianism and Civil Conflict" Middle East Report N°52], [[International Crisis Group]], February 27, 2006. *Spengler, [http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/HB28Ak02.html "The case for complacency in Iraq,"] ''Asia Times'', February 28, 2006.*Warren P. Strobel 2003|2002 and Jonathan S. Landay, [http://www.realcities.com/mld/krwashington/news/nation/13984788.htm "Intelligence agencies warned about growing local insurgency in late 2003,"] Knight Ridder Newspapers, February 28, 2006.*[http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1002076582 "Knight Ridder: White House Warned of Civil War in Iraq in 2003,"] ''Editor & Publisher'', February 28, 2006.*Gregory Djerejian, [http://www.belgraviadispatch.com/2006/02/spinning_the_prospective_blood.html "Spinning the Prospective Blood Bath,"] ''The Belgravia Dispatch'', February 28, 2006.*Alexandra Zavis, [http://apnews.myway.com/article/20060228/D8G2B6EG0.html "Civil War Looms With 66 Killed in Baghdad,"] Associated Press, February 28, 2006.*Chris Allbritton, [http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1168677,00.html "Disparate Death Toll Sparks Sunni Outcry. Reports of higher casualties rates in Iraq’s recent sectarian violence stokes Sunni distrust of Government,"] ''TIME'', February 28, 2006.*Zaineb Obeid and Tom Lasseter, [http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/news/world/13983907.htm "Iraq bombings kill at least 55; Cabinet says 379 died last week,"] Knight Ridder Newspapers (''Mercury News''), February 28, 2006.*Ellen Knickmeyer and Bassam Sebti, [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/02/27/AR2006022701128.html "Toll in Iraq's Deadly Surge: 1,300. Morgue Count Eclipses Other Tallies Since Shrine Attack,"] ''Washington Post'', February 28, 2006.*[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/4757964.stm "Iraq bombs claim dozens of lives,"] BBC, February 28, 2006.*[http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11610145/ "Negroponte fears wider Islamic conflict. Iraq civil war could spark violence throughout region, intel chief tells panel,"] Associated Press (MSNBC), February 28, 2006.*[[Daniel Pipes]], [http://www.danielpipes.org/article/3423 "Civil War in Iraq?"] ''New York Sun'' (danielpipes.org), February 28, 2006.*Sameer N. Yacoub, [http://www.forbes.com/home/feeds/ap/2006/03/01/ap2560886.html "Update 26: Bomb Attacks Kill 26 in Baghdad,"] Associated Press (''Forbes''), March 1, 2006.*Kim Landers, [http://www.abc.net.au/am/content/2006/s1580807.htm "Iraq on the brink of civil war,"] ABC News (Australia), March 1, 2006.*Mark Levine, [http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/HC01Ak05.html "Iraq: The wages of chaos,"] ''Asia Times'', March 1, 2006.*John Shovelan, [http://www.abc.net.au/worldtoday/content/2006/s1581094.htm "US troops in Iraq stay out of sectarian conflict,"] ''The World Today'' - ABC News (Australia), March 1, 2006.*[http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/opinion/261155_domed.asp Editorial: "Iraq: Civil war precipice,"] ''Seattle Post-Intelligencer'', March 1, 2006.*Edward Wong, [http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2006/03/01/MNGTUHGG921.DTL "75 killed in spate of bomb attacks. U.S. envoy says earlier violence put nation on 'brink of civil war',"] ''New York Times'' (''San Francisco Chronicle''), March 1, 2006.*[http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000087&sid=al5ADhOTv648&refer=top_world_news "Sunni Group Says U.S., Iraqi Government Stirring Sectarianism,"] Bloomberg News, March 1, 2006.*[http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060301/OPINION01/603010326/1069 Editorial: "Advantage, Chaos. Situation in Iraq nears worst-case worries,"] ''Detroit Free Press'', March 1, 2006.*[http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2002835710_iraq01.html "Attacks, death toll climb as curfew's effects fade,"] Associated Press (''Seattle Times''), March 1, 2006.*[http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060301/NEWS06/603010422/1012 "68 killed in Iraq after curfew lifted,"] ''Indy Star'', March 1, 2006.*[http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2006%5C03%5C01%5Cstory_1-3-2006_pg7_2 "64 dead, 182 injured in Iraq explosions,"] ''Daily Times'' (Pakistan), March 1, 2006.*Ellen Knickmeyer, [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/02/28/AR2006022801466.html "Pressure Seen on Probes at Baghdad Morgue. Former U.N. Envoy Says 'Both Sides' Exerting Influence; Death Count in Dispute,"] ''Washington Post'', March 1, 2006.*[http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1002113904 "'Wash Post' Cites 'Pressure' on Iraq Death Count,"] ''Editor & Publisher'', March 1, 2006.*Juan Cole, [http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2006/03/01/worst/index.html "Iraq's worst week -- and Bush's. As Americans finally begin to grasp the magnitude of the Iraq catastrophe, Bush's popularity hits a new low,"] ''Salon'', March 1, 2006.*Martin Sieff, [http://www.upi.com/SecurityTerrorism/view.php?StoryID=20060227-063336-3198r "Analysis: Iraq elections led to war,"] UPI, March 1, 2006.*Alastair Macdonald and Lutfi Abu Oun, [http://www.nzherald.co.nz/category/story.cfm?c_id=340&ObjectID=10370568 "Bush issues Iraq warning after latest bombings,"] ''New Zealand Herald'', March 1, 2006.*Bushra Juhi, [http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=1675907 "Evictions May Foreshadow Iraq Civil War. Shiites and Sunnis Being Kicked Out of Homes in Iraq May Be Possible Precursor to Civil War,"] Associated Press (ABC News), March 1, 2006.*Brian Bender, [http://www.boston.com/news/world/middleeast/articles/2006/03/01/us_advisers_warn_threat_of_civil_war_mounting_in_iraq/ "US advisers warn threat of civil war mounting in Iraq. Baghdad leaders must take reins, Bush aides say,"] ''Boston Globe'', March 1, 2006.*Dan Murphy, [http://www.csmonitor.com/2006/0302/p07s02-woiq.html "Growing friction separates Shiite, Sunni. More Iraqi families flee once-integrated neighborhoods as religious lines harden,"] ''Christian Science Monitor'', March 2, 2006 (edition).*Michael A. Weinstein,[http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/HC02Ak02.html "Civil war all but declared," External Links 2004|2004] ''Asia Times'', March 2, 2006.*Sabrina Tavernese, [http://www.nytimes.com/2006/03/02/international/middleeast/02cnd-iraq.html?_r=1&oref=slogin "Nearly a Dozen Killed in Latest Violence in Iraq,"] ''New York Times'', March 2, 2006.*Qassim Abdul-Zahra, [http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/world/iraq/20060302-0715-iraq.html "Bomb rips though Baghdad market, senior Sunni leader escapes assassination,"] Associated Press (''San Diego Union-Tribune''), March 2, 2006.*[http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000087&sid=a.K8Pk_u_CAk&refer=top_world_news "Tikrit Attack Leaves 6 Iraqi Soldiers, 3 Iraqi Policemen Dead,"] Bloomberg News, March 2, 2006.*Robert Fisk, [http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article12137.htm "Somebody is trying to provoke a civil war in Iraq,"] ''Information Clearing House'', March 2, 2006. Broadcast on ABC (Australia) Lateline.*Tom Lasseter and Nancy A. Youssef, [http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/news/special_packages/iraq/14012235.htm "Ethnic hatred in Iraq has become entrenched, political solutions elusive,"] Knight Ridder Newspapers (''Mercury News''), March 3, 2006.*[http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/03/04/iraq.main/ "Deadly blasts in Iraq shatter curfew calm. Mortar round kills 7 in Baghdad market,"] CNN, March 4, 2006.*Thaer Al-Sudani, [http://news.scotsman.com/international.cfm?id=328182006 "Dozens die in Iraq sectarian attack,"] ''The Scotsman'', March 4, 2006.*[http://www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=thestar/Layout/Article_Type1&c=Article&pubid=968163964505&cid=1141474839084&col=968705899037&call_page=TS_News&call_pageid=968332188492&call_pagepath=News/News "Bus bombing in Baghdad kills at least seven. Attack shatters calm from one-day driving ban,"] Associated Press (''Toronto Star''), March 4, 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.*Babak Dehghanpisheh, Michael Hastings and Michael Hirsh, [http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11570947/site/newsweek/ "War of the Mosques. Reprisal raids follow an unholy attack on a revered shrine, sparking fears of all-out civil war. A report from the streets—and a worried Washington,"] ''Newsweek'' (MSNBC), March 6, 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.*Miral Fahmy, [http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L15769347.htm "Analysis: Iraq civil war seen drawing in neighbours,"] Reuters ''AlertNet'', March 15, 2006.*Robert Dreyfuss, [http://www.tompaine.com/articles/2006/03/16/civil_war_is_here.php "Civil War Is Here,"] ''TomPaine.CommonSense'', March 16, 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,"External Links 2005|2005] PTI (''The Hindu'' (India)), March 19, 2006.*[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/4821618.stm "Iraq in civil war, says former PM,"] BBC, March 19, 2006: "Iraq is in the middle of civil war, the country's former interim prime minister [[Iyad Allawi]] has told the BBC."*[http://www.cbc.ca/storyview/MSN/world/national/2006/03/19/iraq-war030619.html "Sectarian violence is civil war, says former Iraqi PM,"] CBC News (Canada), March 19, 2006.*[http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/03/19/world/main1419417.shtml "Is Iraq In Civil War?"] CBS News/Associated Press, March 19, 2006.*Tabassum Zakaria, [http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/N19198417.htm "Cheney: Iraq not in civil war, predicts success,"] Reuters, March 19, 2006.*[http://www.zaman.com/?bl=international&alt=&trh=20060320&hn=31099 "It's Pointless to Deny Ongoing Civil War in Iraq,"] ''Zaman Daily Newspaper Online'' (Turkey), March 20, 2006.*[http://www.zaman.com/?bl=hotnews&alt=&trh=20060320&hn=31132 "Ex-PM Claims 'Ethnic Cleansing' in Iraq,"] Anadolu News Agency (''Zaman Daily Newspaper Online'' (Turkey)), March 20, 2006.*[http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/chi-0603200111mar20,1,6054539.story?coll=chi-newsnationworld-hed "Ex-premier: `We are in civil war',"] ''Chicago Tribune'', March 20, 2006.*[http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000087&sid=a5ZpenGyJqM0&refer=top_world_news "Bush Says Terrorists Won't Succeed in Inciting Iraq Civil War,"] Bloomberg News, March 20, 2006.*David Politi, [http://www.slate.com/id/2138330/ "Civil Disagreement,"] ''Slate'', March 20, 2006. Roundup of news coverage on "civil war" debate.*Jim Miklaszewski, [http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11947773/from/RS.2/ "Pentagon plans for an Iraqi [civil war. Contingency planners outline a series of scenarios just in case,"] MSNBC, March 21, 2006.*[[Charles Krauthammer]], [httpIraq://www.washingtonpost.com/wpExternal Links January-dyn/content/article/March 2006/03/23/AR2006032301157.html Op|January-Ed: "Of Course It's a Civil War,"] ''Washington Post'', March 24, 2006.*Don Van Natta, Jr., [http://www.nytimes.com/2006/03/27/international/europe/27memo.html?_r=1&oref=slogin "Bush Was Set on Path to War, British Memo Says,"]] ''New York Times'', March 27, 2006.*[http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/03/29/bush.iraq.ap/index.html "Bush blames Iraq's instability on Hussein,"] Associated Press (CNN), March 29, 2006. Bush said "that [[Saddam Hussein]], not continued U.S. involvement in Iraq, is responsible for ongoing sectarian violence that is threatening the formation of a democratic government."*Mark Perry and Alastair Crooke [http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/HC31Ak02.html "How to Lose the War on Terror. PART 1: Talking with the 'terrorists',"] ''Asia Times'', March 31, 2006.*Mark Perry and Alastair Crooke, [http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/HD01Ak02.html "How to Lose the War on Terror. PART 2: Handing victory to the extremists,"] ''Asia Times'', April 1, 2006.*Nehad Ismail, [http://www.thousandreasons.org/get_article.php?article_id=254 "Civil War civil war in Iraq,"] ''One Thousand Reasons'', April 1, 2006.*Patrick Cockburn, [http://www.zmag.org/content/print_article.cfm?itemID=10029§ionID=15 "Iraq is Splitting" (Sunni, Shia and Kurd)] ''London Review of Books'', April 2, 2006 (''ZNet'', External Links April 6, 2006).*Edward Wong and Kirk Semple, [http://www.registerguard.com/news/2006/04/02/a1.iraq.0402.p1.php?section=nation_world "Civilians in Iraq flee mixed districts,"] ''The Register-Guard'' (Eugene, OR), April 2, 2006.*Farah Stockman and Bryan Bender, [http://rempost.blogspot.com/2006/04/iraq-militias-wave-of-death-sectarian.html "Iraq Militias' Wave of Death: Sectarian Killings Now Surpass Terrorist Bombings,"] ''Boston Globe'' (''Remote Post'' Blog), April 2, June 2006.*[http://www.irinnews.org/report.asp?ReportID=52555&SelectRegion=Middle_East&SelectCountry=IRAQ "More than 40,000 displaced, ministry estimates"] IRIN News, |April 2, 2006.*Michael Ware, [http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1179362,00.html "Can Iraq's Militias Be Tamed? As the killings continue, ''TIME'' meets fighters on both sides of Iraq's sectarian divide--and finds hope that all-out civil war can be avoided,"] ''TIME'', April 2, June 2006.*Sinan Salaheddin, [http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=1798435 "Violence Between Shiites, Sunnis Escalate,"] Associated Press (ABC News), April 3, 2006.*Laith Al-Saud, [http://www.palestinechronicle.com/story.php?sid=04030674616 "Iraq is Not in Civil War (Yet). We must be sensitive to what it means to say Iraq is in civil war. It means that Iraqis are an enemy to themselves, not the occupational forces,"] ''Palestine Chronicle'', April 3, 2006.*Ghassan Atiyyah, [http://www.dailystar.com.lb/article.asp?edition_id=10&categ_id=5&article_id=23453 Opinion: "It's time to tackle Iraq's civil war,"] ''The Daily Star'' (Lebanon), April 3, 2006. *[[Reuel Marc Gerecht]], [http://www.aei.org/publications/filter.all,pubID.24146/pub_detail.asp "Can the Shiite Center Hold?"] ''Wall Street Journal'' ([[American Enterprise Institute]]), April 3, 2006.*Martin Sieff, [http://news.monstersandcritics.com/middleeast/article_1152125.php/A_civil_war_by_any_other_name "A civil war by any other name,"] UPI (''Monsters and Critics''), April 3, 2006.*Tom Engelhardt, [httpin Iraq://www.motherjones.com/commentary/columns/2006/03/exporting_ruins.html "The Hyperpower Hype,"] ''Mother Jones'', April 3, 2006: "While Bush talked a great game when it came to exporting democracy to the Middle East, his main exports have been mayhem and ruins."*Thomas Frank, [http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/iraq/2006External Links July-04-03-civilians-arms_x.htm "Civilians take up arms amid Iraqi violence,"] ''USA Today'', April 4, 2006.*Robert H. Reid, [http://www.oudaily.com/vnews/display.v/ART/December 2006/04/04/4433234ea52dd "Deadly explosions rock Baghdad, Basra as political process stalls. Ten people, including mother and two sons, killed in Iraqi capital while prime minister problem looms over government,"] Associated Press (''Oklahoma Daily''), April 4, 2006. re [[Ibrahim al|July-Jaafari]]*[http://www.boston.com/news/globe/editorial_opinion/editorials/articles/December 2006/04/04/averting_civil_war_in_iraq/?p1=MEWell_Pos2 Editorial: "Averting Civil War in Iraq,"] ''Boston Globe'', April 4, 2006.*[http://www.berkshireeagle.com/editorials/ci_3670255 Editorial: "Militia problem may defy solution,"] ''Berkshire Eagle'' (MA), April 4, 2006.*[http://www.uruknet.info/?p=m22266&l=i&size=1&hd=0 "Daily War News,"] ''uruknet'', April 4, 2006.*[http://www.forbes.com/home/2006/04/03/lebanon-war-pointers-cx_0404oxford.html "Lebanon Experience Provides Civil War Pointers,"] ''Oxford Analytica'' (''Forbes''), April 4, 2006: "More than 30,000 Iraqis have been displaced as a result of sectarian violence over the last month, according to Iraqi government figures released last week."*Eugene Robinson, [http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/opinion/2002908373_robinson04.html Opinion: "The Fairy Tale Doctrine,"] ''Seattle Times'', April 4, 2006: "You see, if only the Iraqis can put together a government, everything will be just fine."*Salah Nasrawi, [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/04/04/AR2006040401668.html "Envoys: Mideast Nations Held Secret Talks,"] ''Washington Post'', April 4, 2006.*[http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/04/04/arabs.iraq.secret.talks.ap/ "Arab nations plan for Iraq civil war. Diplomatin Iraq: Heading off Iranian influence a topic in secret talks,"External Links 2007|2007] Associated Press (CNN), April 4, 2006.*Jonathan Steele, [http://www.guardian.co.uk/Iraq/Story/0,,1746233,00.html "Iraq's interior ministry refusing to deploy US-trained police,"] ''Guardian Unlimited'' (UK), April 4, 2006.*[http://www.isn.ethz.ch/news/sw/details.cfm?ID=15372 "Arab nations plan for Iraqi civil war,"] ISN Security Watch, April 5, 2006.*Steven A. Cook, [http://www.tnr.com/doc.mhtml?i=w060403&s=cook040506 "How Not to Save Iraq,"] ''The New Republic Online'', April 5, 2006.=
== [[civil war in Iraq: Related SourceWatch Resources ]] ==*[[Coalition Provisional Authority]]*[[Exit Strategy from Iraq]]*[[Iraq has replaced Afghanistan as the prime training ground for foreign terrorists]]*[[Iraqi Constitution]]*[[Iraqi Interim Government]]*[[Iraqi insurgency]]*[[Iraqi media]]*[[Iraqi national elections]]*[[Iraqi sovereigntyIn particular, also see: Exit Strategy from Iraq]]*[[Iraqi sovereignty: June 30, 2004]]*[[Iraqi unified resistanceSalvador option]]:*[[new Iraq]] / [[postsectarian break-war up of Iraq]]:*[[new Iraqi armyUnited States as a rogue nation]]:*[[Occupation forces violence in Iraqthe Middle East]]:*[[Oil and War in Iraq]]*[[Operation Iraqi Freedom]]*[[Reckless escalation of adversity]]*[[Shiite Muslim uprising in Iraq]]*[[Terrorist attacks in Iraq]]*[[U.S. Central Commandis fueling global terrorism]]
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