Iraq 'on the brink of civil war'
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UN chief Kofi Annan says Iraq is almost in the throes of a civil war, as the country's president visits Iran.
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BAGHDAD -- Iraq's interim prime minister warned yesterday that insurgents are trying to foment sectarian civil war as well as derail elections, while thousands of mourners turned out for funerals in the Shi'ite holy cities of Najaf and Karbala a day after car bombs killed 67 people.
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President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Iran would do whatever it could to help provide security to Iraq amid warnings the country was on the brink of civil war.
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Improved security in Baghdad has pulled Iraq back from the brink of all-out civil war but security forces must not relax in the battle against threats such as al Qaeda, Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki said on Friday.
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BAGHDAD - Iraq was on the brink of an all-out assault on rebel-held Fallujah yesterday as deadly clashes erupted between US troops and insurgents in the neighbouring city of Ramadi.
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The core conflict in Iraq has   changed from a battle against insurgents to an increasingly   bloody fight between Shi'ite and Sunni Muslims, creating   conditions that could lead to civil war, the Pentagon said in a   report on Friday.
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The Middle East is on the verge of three civil wars -- in Iraq, Israel and Lebanon -- unless strong action is taken urgently by the international community, Jordan's King Abdullah warned on Sunday.
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LISBON: US army chief General Richard Myers said yesterday that civil war could erupt in Iraq after forthcoming elections.
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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates -- Former secretary of state Colin Powell said yesterday at a business conference here that the war in Iraq "could be considered a civil war," the conference organizer said.
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U.S. and Iraqi officials are questioning if Nuri Kamal al-Maliki can keep Iraq from descending into civil war.
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Civil war has been averted in Iraq and Iranian intervention there has "ceased to exist," Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki said yesterday.
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NBC News on Monday branded the Iraq conflict a civil war -- a decision that put it at odds with the White House and that analysts said would increase public disillusionment with the U.S. troop presence there.
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U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan said Monday that Iraq is close to civil war, as the Bush administration stepped up diplomatic efforts to stabilize the wartorn country.
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Iraq holds a national conference on Saturday designed to halt mounting sectarian violence that has raised fears of civil war and been a major issue behind U.S. President George W. Bush's decision to review his strategy.
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Iraq was on the brink of a renewed outbreak of nationwide violence last night after United States forces and militiamen fought bloody engagements across Baghdad&#39;s slum district of Sadr City.
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Iraqi leaders warned on Monday that an early U.S. troop withdrawal could tip Iraq into all-out civil war after the New York Times said debate was growing in the White House over a gradual draw-down of forces.
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Iraq's prime minister Monday touted his government's efforts in thwarting "sectarian war" and acknowledged that Iraqi troops are not yet ready to fully take over security duties from the U.S.-led coalition.