Even the optimists who still describe the violence as an insurgency
might be forced to acknowledge that Iraq is in the grip of civil war.
John Pike, director of the military research group GlobalSecurity.Org,
said the monthly average for US troops being killed stood at around
75, a figure that had not moved.
From The Independent, 8/28/05:
http://news.independent.co.uk/world/middle_east/article308603.ece
Civil war looms in Iraq as constitution talks end in disarray
By Raymond Whitaker in London and Andrew Buncombe in Washington
Weeks of bitter wrangling over Iraq's constitution ended in disarray
yesterday, threatening the country with further violence and
undermining efforts towards a timetable for American disengagement.
Hajim al-Hassani, the parliamentary speaker, announced yesterday that
a draft constitution would be put before the legislature today,
whether Sunni Muslim negotiators accepted it or not.
But Sunni leaders said amendments agreed by Shia and Kurdish
representatives did not go far enough, and urged voters to reject the
draft in an October referendum.
Barring a sudden change of mind by the Sunnis, the stage is set for a
bitter political battle ahead of the referendum when the bloodshed in
Iraq is increasingly acquiring a sectarian character.
Even the optimists who still describe the violence as an insurgency
might be forced to acknowledge that Iraq is in the grip of civil war.
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