A House Divided: Uncivil War on E. 73rd
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A feud worthy of the Hatfields and the McCoys Â a standoff that has involved housing inspectors, police officers and private investigators, not to mention whopping legal fees.
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B y the time Sen. Johnny Isakson (R-Ga.) took his turn early yesterday afternoon, Gen. David H. Petraeus and Ambassador Ryan C. Crocker had been seated at the witness table for well over three hours. Most members of the Foreign Relations Committee had already left for lunch. Even the war protesters...
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BAGHDAD, Jan. 22 -- Legislators were outraged, insults were hurled. Opponents dragged out old ethnic divisions and warned of a dark collusion.
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What happened in the National Assembly on October 22 was unsavoury but expected. Yet there is one good reason for wanting to comment on the proceedings of the house that day: General Pervez Musharrafâs constant
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An eyewitness account of the vicious battle to retake the  Iraqi city
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It remained unclear whether the fighting was driven by differing ideologies or was merely a battle for control of the neighborhood.
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Major attacks have continued in recent days, including several apparent efforts to sow divisions between groups.
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We made it back into the house last night. There were National Guardsmen at key checkpoints in Poway that were set up to protect neighborhoods from looters. These young men were carrying fully loaded M16s. For a quick second I thought I was in a war zone. That was incredibly intimidating for me.
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Comment is free: Timothy Garton Ash: To arm Sunni gangs smacks of desperation. America seems not yet to have learned that it will never win by arms alone.
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While American troops in Iraq and Afghanistan are fighting some of the most intense battles of the war against radical Islamic terrorists, our national debate on the future of the conflict has descended to platitudes of campaign rhetoric and a pathological, partisan refusal on both sides of that debate to acknowledge the harsh realities and difficult choices that confront us.
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I am reminded of an event 93 years ago, in which Franz Ferdinand was shot, plummetting Europe into war. World War III is coming, and the flashpoint is the Islamic world. Much like Serbia in 1913, it is fragile and fragmented and there is a determination by a large focused interest group to see violence done in the name of their agenda. And, in the use of violence, they have successfully advanced their agenda.
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Not since the Vietnam War more than three decades ago has the United States found itself waging a bloody conflict abroad as a fierce political argument has broken out at home
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A rout in parliamentary elections leaves the President defiant but vulnerable  -  if his  political foes can unite
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Air raids, roadside blasts, suicide bombings, land and sea battles and thousands killed. So much for the 2002 ceasefire between Sri Lanka's army and the Tamil Tigers.
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Nevermind the civil war debate -- the real question is why didn't the U.S. make a war declaration in the first place? That could bring an end to something that never should have been started
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Polarized voters, almost perfectly divided between the two parties &#151; and the balance of power hanging on hard-fought, expensive campaigns in a few key areas. It's the story line of the 2004 presidential election, but it's also playing out in the battle for power in state legislatures, where Democratic and Republican control has probably never been so evenly divided.
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Nevermind the civil war debate - the real question is why didn't the U.S. make a war declaration in the first place? That could bring an end to something that never should have been started