Disagreeable
Well-known member
for a "civil war" to be acknowledged?
Excerpts; link below; my emphasis.
"The fighting erupted at a very combustible moment in Iraq, with sectarian tensions rising, leadership problems deepening, and dozens of mutilated bodies continuing to surface on Iraqi streets today."
"Security in Baghdad seems to be deteriorating by the hour, and it is increasingly unclear who is in control. Earlier today, the Iraqi Interior Ministry reported that American forces raided a secret prison and arrested several Iraqi policeman."
"American officials have been more overt in the past week than ever in blaming Shiite militias, in particular Mr. Sadr's Mahdi Army, for a wave of sectarian bloodshed that seems to have no end. This morning, authorities in Baghdad discovered the corpses of 10 more men, all bound, blindfolded and shot.
Iraqi television showed footage of what appeared to be a prayer room filled with more than a dozen bodies. Several of them looked well beyond military age. Some of the men were shown with identification cards lying on their chests, jagged bullet holes cut through the plastic.
American officials are now saying that militias are the No. 1 security problem in Iraq, more dangerous than suicide bombs or guerilla attacks. Earlier this evening, the bodies of 30 beheaded men were found on a main highway near Baquba, providing more evidence that the death squads in Iraq are operating out of control."
"It's too dangerous for us to go in there alone," an Iraqi Army commander, Tassin Tawfik, said."
The discovery of the 30 beheaded bodies, as well as the corpses of 10 other men found in Baghdad added to the hundreds of bodies that have recently surfaced on Baghdad's streets.
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/03/27/international/middleeast/26cnd-iraq.html?_r=1&hp&ex=1143435600&en=11f970a707b1fe09&ei=5094&partner=homepage&oref=slogin
Excerpts; link below; my emphasis.
"The fighting erupted at a very combustible moment in Iraq, with sectarian tensions rising, leadership problems deepening, and dozens of mutilated bodies continuing to surface on Iraqi streets today."
"Security in Baghdad seems to be deteriorating by the hour, and it is increasingly unclear who is in control. Earlier today, the Iraqi Interior Ministry reported that American forces raided a secret prison and arrested several Iraqi policeman."
"American officials have been more overt in the past week than ever in blaming Shiite militias, in particular Mr. Sadr's Mahdi Army, for a wave of sectarian bloodshed that seems to have no end. This morning, authorities in Baghdad discovered the corpses of 10 more men, all bound, blindfolded and shot.
Iraqi television showed footage of what appeared to be a prayer room filled with more than a dozen bodies. Several of them looked well beyond military age. Some of the men were shown with identification cards lying on their chests, jagged bullet holes cut through the plastic.
American officials are now saying that militias are the No. 1 security problem in Iraq, more dangerous than suicide bombs or guerilla attacks. Earlier this evening, the bodies of 30 beheaded men were found on a main highway near Baquba, providing more evidence that the death squads in Iraq are operating out of control."
"It's too dangerous for us to go in there alone," an Iraqi Army commander, Tassin Tawfik, said."
The discovery of the 30 beheaded bodies, as well as the corpses of 10 other men found in Baghdad added to the hundreds of bodies that have recently surfaced on Baghdad's streets.
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/03/27/international/middleeast/26cnd-iraq.html?_r=1&hp&ex=1143435600&en=11f970a707b1fe09&ei=5094&partner=homepage&oref=slogin