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Iraq: It's been in civil war for 12 months
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It's a 'state of civil war', admits Iraqi government official
By Bushra Juhi in Baghdad
Published: 09 April 2006

Iraq is in a state of civil war, a senior Iraqi official admitted for the first time yesterday, on the eve of today's third anniversary of the fall of Baghdad.

On 9 April 2003, the collapse of Saddam Hussein's regime was symbolised by the toppling of his statue in central Baghdad, but Iraq's deputy interior minister, Hussein Ali Kamal said: "Actually Iraq has been in an undeclared civil war for the past 12 months," he told the BBC's Arabic service.

"On a daily basis Shias, Sunnis, Kurds and Christians are being killed and the only undeclared thing is that a civil war has not been officially announced by the parties involved."

Last month, the former Prime Minister, Iyad Allawi, said Iraq was in a state of civil war, but was hastily contradicted by serving members of the Iraqi government, as well as British and American leaders. Yesterday, Mr Kamal did add that although civil war was happening, it was "not on a wide scale".

A car bomb killed at least six Shia pilgrims south of Baghdad yesterday, a day after a multiple suicide bombing at the Buratha mosque in northern Baghdad killed 85 people and injured 156 in what was the deadliest attack in Iraq this year.

Funeral processions wound through the streets of several Baghdad neighbourhoods yesterday. "We are the sons of one country, and one religion," Jabar al-Maliki, a white-robed cleric, said at a funeral for three men, all shop owners between the ages of 28 and 35. "These criminal acts are conducted by corrupt, terrorist groups that ... have no sense of humanity."

In Ramadi, meawhile, US forces beat back the largest attack by Sunni insurgents in weeks, using laser-guided bombs, anti-tank rockets and machine-guns to repel an assault on the main government building. There were also clashes between Iraqi troops and Sunni insurgents in Fallujah and Karmah.

The string of attacks on Shia mosques and shrines is likely to stoke tensions between Shias and Sunni Muslims, making it even harder for them to form a government that can represent all Iraqis.

The US and Britain see such a government as the only solution to stemming the violence, but negotiations have stalled over Sunni and Kurdish opposition to Prime Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari, who has refused to step aside.

http://news.independent.co.uk/world/middle_east/article356680.ece

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Re: Iraq: It's been in civil war for 12 months [Re: Alex213]
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What a mess.

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Re: Iraq: It's been in civil war for 12 months [Re: Alex213]
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I swear Sunnis and Shias hate each other more than they hate Jews and the West


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Re: Iraq: It's been in civil war for 12 months [Re: Basilides]
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To think, that an invasion caused another civil war..........


Those people have been feeling that way about each other for years and years. The only thing that has changed, is now they can act on it. This really puts the "Islam is a peaceful religion" quote to bullshit, since you have so many Muslims killing each other over trivial differences within Islam. This will clear up, probably in a couple of years. after most of the fuck faces that incite this behaviour are dead, lets just Hope our troops are the fuck out of there.


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Fear is the mind-killer.
Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration.
I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me.
And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path.
Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain.”

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Re: Iraq: It's been in civil war for 12 months [Re: SirTripAlot]
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The only thing that has changed, is now they can act on it.

Thanks to George Bush.

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Re: Iraq: It's been in civil war for 12 months [Re: Alex213]
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If we are to follow the route of our favorite social Darwinist Christian, George W. Bush, the strongest ethnic group in Iraq will survive. God bless the glories of an empire's hegemony.

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Re: Iraq: It's been in civil war for 12 months [Re: bukkake]
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Do you actually think that Bush wanted chaos in Iraq? The Iraq situation is his biggest Achilles Heel. It is dragging his poll numbers down which is eroding his political support.

I don't agree with Bush's foreign policy, but I don't think he had malicious intentions when invading Iraq.

Edited by RandalFlagg (04/09/06 02:07 PM)

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Re: Iraq: It's been in civil war for 12 months [Re: RandalFlagg]
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Quote:
Do you actually think that Bush wanted chaos in Iraq?


What I believe is that he was apathetic if chaos erupted in Iraq. The oil wells have been secured, there is a third friendly satellite in the Middle East, and all is now swell for he and his council. He is serving his second and final term in office and his approval rating is irrelevant. The Republicans control everything at the moment and he has nothing to fear.

As hopeless and lost at sea without a fucking clue the Democrats are, I would love for them to slide into power this year and impeach the idiot. But they are all businessmen when it comes down to it, so maybe they wouldn't even go that far.

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Re: Iraq: It's been in civil war for 12 months [Re: RandalFlagg]
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No, people like Alex213 would rather have the rape camps and torture chambers, under the control of a dictator still be in operation, rather then having these radical elements finally kill each other off. The situation in Iraq will take time to sort itself out, but some people want situations to solve themselves faster then the microwave they use for TV dinners.


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“I must not fear.
Fear is the mind-killer.
Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration.
I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me.
And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path.
Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain.”

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Re: Iraq: It's been in civil war for 12 months [Re: SirTripAlot]
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Rape camps and torture chamers under Saddam. I would like to hear your explanation as to why Iraq is more violent now than ever under Saddam. And don't include anything about genes or ethnicities.

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Re: Iraq: It's been in civil war for 12 months [Re: SirTripAlot]
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No, people like Alex213 would rather have the rape camps and torture chambers, under the control of a dictator still be in operation

Come again?

rather then having these radical elements finally kill each other off.

WTF?  :confused:

The situation in Iraq will take time to sort itself out,

Thanks for your penetrating analysis  :rolleyes:

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