Baghdad street battle smacks of open civil war

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BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Snipers held rooftop positions as masked Sunni Arab insurgents said they were gearing up for another open street battle with pro-government Shi'ite militiamen in Baghdad's Adhamiya district on Tuesday.

The Arab Sunni stronghold is still feeling ripples from overnight clashes on Monday that appeared to be the closest yet to all-out sectarian fighting.

It's a reality that has Washington scrambling to avert civil war as Iraqi politicians struggle to form a government four months after parliamentary elections.

A U.S. military spokesman said 50 insurgents attacked Iraqi forces in the middle of the night in a seven-hour battle that killed five rebels and wounded an Iraqi soldier.

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1. The Three Stooges (Rummy, junior & dickie) sez Iraq is

very peaceful these days. The media just isn't reporting the good stories. No Civil War is going on or will in the future.

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2. Yep, they left out the fact that those snipers are on the roofs of schools

we built :crazy:

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3. .....and the hospitals