UN envoy: Iraq and Syrian conflicts are merging

[Bosonic]

Source: AP

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Iraq's escalating violence can no longer be separated from the civil war in neighboring Syria because "the battlefields are merging," the U.N. envoy to Iraq warned Tuesday.

Martin Kobler told the U.N. Security Council that Iraqi armed groups have an increasingly active presence in Syria. As a result, he said, the Syrian conflict is no longer just spilling over into Iraq, but Iraqis are reportedly taking arms against each other inside Syria, he said.

"These countries are interrelated," Kobler stressed. "Iraq is the fault line between the Shia and the Sunni world and everything which happens in Syria, of course, has repercussions on the political landscape in Iraq."

Kobler said the last four months have been among the bloodiest in Iraq in the last five years with nearly 3,000 people killed and over 7,000 injured. He said the perpetrators are taking advantage of the ongoing political stalemate in the country and the Syrian conflict, which began in March 2011 and has killed over 93,000 people.

Read more: http://bigstory.ap.org/article/un-envoy-iraq-and-syrian-conflicts-are-merging

[another_liberal]

1. Some great job of nation-building there W.

Is Iraq still our, "Free, democratic ally in the War on Terror," Ms. Rice?

[ConcernedCanuk]

2. "Ms. Rice"? - naw - dats KindaSleazy if I remember right.

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[another_liberal]

3. She of the "Dominatrix" fashion tastes?

The black, high-heeled boots, black dress and black, calf-length duster are simply unforgettable. That is definitely what you call, "Making a fashion statement!"

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A51640-2005Feb24.html

[leveymg]

4. Which one?

Condi did Iraq, Syria is Susan's work, along with their bosses. It took two U.S. Presidents to create this first religious regional war in decades.

[Sand Wind]

5. The war is spreading : Irak-Syria-Lybia-Israel-Iran.

This is what happen when there is a Power Vacum.

[Victor_c3]

6. That's quite a nice mess we've made over there...

I'm glad to see that the time I spent in Iraq made the place better