Can we now "officially" call Iraq a Civil War now?

[Dr.Phool]

http://www.independent.co.uk/

Baghdad is under siege
By Patrick Cockburn in Arbil, Northern Iraq
Published: 01 November 2006

Sunni insurgents have cut the roads linking the city to the rest of Iraq. The country is being partitioned as militiamen fight bloody battles for control of towns and villages north and south of the capital.

As American and British political leaders argue over responsibility for the crisis in Iraq, the country has taken another lurch towards disintegration.

Well-armed Sunni tribes now largely surround Baghdad and are fighting Shia militias to complete the encirclement.

The Sunni insurgents seem to be following a plan to control all the approaches to Baghdad. They have long held the highway leading west to the Jordanian border and east into Diyala province. Now they seem to be systematically taking over routes leading north and south.

Dusty truck-stop and market towns such as Mahmoudiyah, Balad and Baquba all lie on important roads out of Baghdad. In each case Sunni fighters are driving out the Shia and tightening their grip on the capital. Shias may be in a strong position within Baghdad but they risk their lives when they take to the roads. Some 30 Shias were dragged off a bus yesterday after being stopped at a fake checkpoint south of Balad.

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[LonelyLRLiberal]

1. King George will never admit that fact - even after Nov. 7 eom

[TheCowsCameHome]

2. Goodness, what are they celebrating this time? Democracy and peace?

[NoPasaran]

3. According to Darth Cheney

It isn't a civil war until Muqtaddar al-Sadr fires on Fort Sumter

[TheCowsCameHome]

4. It must be Last Throes Week! I missed it on my calendar.

[OzarkDem]

5. Totally FUBAR

Can we bring in the UN?

[bryant69]

6. Not until the Democrats take power

Once it is their mess then we can admit it's a mess.

Bryant
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