Nov 25, 2006
Cairo - An influential Sunni religious leader accused the US and the Iraqi government Saturday of wanting Iraq to slip into a civil war.
Sheikh Harith al-Dhari, head of the Association of Moslem Scholars (AMS), the highest Sunni authority in Iraq, told reporters in Cairo that the US and the Iraqi administration have fomented tensions between Iraqis in order to bring about civil war and divide the country.
He accused the Shiite-dominated government of Iraqi Premier Nuri al-Maliki of protecting militias and lawbreakers, meaning Sunnis had to take up arms to protect themselves. However, he said the majority of people in Iraq reject violence between Sunnis and Shiites.
Al-Dhari said the US-led occupation has destroyed 'the state, the people and the institutions of Iraq' and he called on the international community to withdraw its recognition of the Iraqi administration.
http://news.monstersandcritics.com/middleeast/article_1226027.php/US_and_Iraqi_government_want_civil_war_says_Sunni_leaderNo wonder the M$M just today has started calling Iraq a Civil War today.