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Article: Scholars say Iraq meets definition of 'civil war' It is put among the worst in 60 years
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- International Herald Tribune
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- November 27, 2006
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Edward Wong
International Herald Tribune
11-27-2006
Is Iraq in a civil war?Though the Bush administration continues to insist that it is not, a growing number of U.S. and Iraqi scholars, leaders and policy analysts say the fighting in Iraq in every way meets the standard definition of civil war.The common scholarly definition has two main criteria. The first says that the warring groups must be from the same country and fighting for control of the political center, control over a separatist state or to force a major change in policy. The second says that at least 1,000 people must have been killed, with at least 100 from each side.American professors who specialize in the study of civil ...
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