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Article: Al Qaeda wants civil war; But Iraqis embrace the democratic process.(OPED)
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- The Washington Times (Washington, DC)
- Article date:
- March 7, 2006
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Byline: Tod Lindberg, THE WASHINGTON TIMES
What makes a civil war worthy of that designation? Or rather, when is violent conflict sufficiently widespread to warrant the label "civil war"? That would seem to be the question Iraq posed in the aftermath of the bombing of the Shi'ite mosque on Feb. 22.
News accounts following the bombing described Iraq as on the brink of civil war. There were two things striking about these reports. First, a number of observers have long been claiming that Iraq is heading toward civil war, careening toward civil war, slipping into civil war, etc. Some have gone farther, claiming that conditions in Iraq are now those of civil ...