So, is there a civil war in Iraq?

[ck4829]

We should ask Condi that, because she brought up the civil war in an attempt to verbally lash out at people who are against the Iraq war.

Condi, is there or is there not a Civil War in Iraq?

[ShortnFiery]

1. YES, the Generals and Members of the Government have been ORDERED

not to use the term "Civil War" but we all know that is exactly what is happening in Iraq. :(

[HereSince1628]

2. No. The Sunni's refuse to wear Blue, The Shia's don't like gray and

the Kurds are having a fit over the flag.

Until we get blue vs red and battle flags with the stars and bars there is no Civil War.

[Botany]

3. yes

the Kurds are flying their own flag
Basra has all but left the country
"The Government" inside the Green Zone has little if any control outside
of the Green Zone
Neighborhoods that were mixed Sunni and Shi ite for generations are no longer
The Shi ite's have become a large part of the Iraqi Army & police
Sunni "terrorists" target Shi areas, markets, and Mosques
Iraq is now the # 1 producer of refugees in the world
the professional and educated class is fleeing the country
Some big shot Aytaholla ( forget his name ) all but said that he can not stop
the war and not to bother him about it any more .... just religious questions
only .....
and the violence keeps increasing and increasing ....
Great article from last july


http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,3-2268585_1,00.html
World News
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Times Online
July 13, 2006
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A security guard on the al-Muhajeeren Sunni mosque in the Ghazaliya district, west Baghdad (Thaier al-Sudani/Reuters)
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Baghdad starts to collapse as its people flee a life of death
By James Hider, of The Times, from Baghdad
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As I hung up the phone, I wondered if I would ever see my friend Ali alive again. Ali, The Times translator for the past three years, lives in west Baghdad, an area that is now in meltdown as a bitter civil war rages between Sunni insurgents and Shia militias. It is, quite simply, out of control.

I returned to Baghdad on Monday after a break of several months, during which I too was guilty of glazing over every time I read another story of Iraqi violence. But two nights on the telephone, listening to my lost and frightened Iraqi staff facing death at any moment, persuaded me that Baghdad is now verging on total collapse.


snip

We phoned the US military trainer attached to Iraqi security forces in the area. He said there was nothing to be done: “There’s always shooting at night here. It’s like chasing ghosts.

[Botany]

4. dupe

[Botany]

5. dupe