U.S. commander: No civil war in Iraq

Source: CNN

BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- Iraq isn't engulfed in a civil war, and there are signs of hope outside strife-torn Baghdad, the new leader of U.S. Central Command says.

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He says there are places in Iraq that aren't besieged by violence and are, in contrast to Baghdad, booming and prosperous -- such as Irbil in the Kurdish region in northern Iraq -- and there are other areas that are relatively quiet.

He says that reconstruction strides are successful in Anbar province, west of Baghdad, and places such as Falluja, where he says 200,000 people have returned after fighting subsided during the past few years.

He characterizes the Iraqi conflict as being driven by "small factions fighting each other."


Read more: http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/03/27/iraq.centcom/index.html

I guess that there was no civil war in the US then, either.

commanders mouths...the ones that haven't been fired are bush lackies...

:sarcasm:

bushbot said otherwise then he would be thrown out.

The man with the brilliant conservative mind opined that it is pop psychology to suggest that Sunnis and Shias don't like each other.

What about Irbil? Where are the daily reports from Irbil?

fucking asshat.

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There is no civil war. So stop with all of the killing already.

Sectarian clashes have intensified once again despite the surge in U.S. troops.

Sectarian factions have resumed attacking mosques of the opposite sects and dumping bodies of rivals on streets.

A mortar shell was fired on a mosque in the town of Iskandariya in the Province of Babel, south of Baghdad, killing one person and injuring five others.

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Security in Babel Province, though predominantly Shiite, has worsened recently as U.S. and Iraqi troops are striving to tighten their grip on Baghdad where 17 corpses dumped on streets were collected by police yesterday.

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http://www.azzaman.com/english/index.asp?fname=news/2007-03-27/kurd.htm

Iraq became a Civil War when it was forced to become a country by the British last century.

Smirk one-upped those lousy Brits.

Ohhhhh, just a tiny family feud?

Officials: Policemen go on killing spree By SINAN SALAHEDDIN, Associated Press Writer
3 minutes ago



BAGHDAD - Off-duty Shiite policemen enraged by massive bombings in the northern town of Tal Afar went on a revenge killing spree there Wednesday, gunning down an unspecified number of Sunni residents, senior police officials said.

They said the policemen began roaming the town's Sunni neighborhoods on foot early in the morning, shooting at Sunni residents and homes.

Dozens of Sunnis were killed or wounded, they said, but they had no precise figures. The shooting continued for more than two hours, the officials said.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070328/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq;_ylt=AiQmPYvL_gh6kSSsLRAycZtvaA8F

nothing to see here :mad: The surge is working :eyes:

Security and police officials said off-duty Shiite policemen enraged by massive bombings in the northern town of Tal Afar went on a revenge killing spree there Wednesday, gunning down an unspecified number of Sunni residents.


45 or more Sunni men and boys were killed.