Is it CIVIL WAR when 1100 people are killed in 1 MONTH in Baghdad alone?
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Iraq is in a civil war.  The United States does not need to declare it for it to be true.
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I'd estimate somewhere in the 40,000-50,000 range of Iraqi casualties. Of course, it could be much more, no one knows.
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kutekymme,, what is the previous record.  Do you mean the 30k+ civilians that Saddam GASSED to death?  Or do you mean the civilians that are housing the enemy soldiers who are shooting from the rooftops of their homes?\n\nAlso, What war has the lowest number of soldiers killed in it?\nI'll give you a hint, Iraq.
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civil war has already started in iraq,otherwise how do we explain the killings of vegetable venders,or butchers,barbers,shopkeepers,etc on thair id ?. in 1990 iraq had 50 well trained divissions with 70 years of accumilated experiance and an 8 years of savage war with iran,and all these forces were barely able to maitain security,how do you expect that onlt 2 divissions of ill trained men with light weapons can controle 450,000km2,and 3500 kms of boarders.how can they controle 28 millions living in cities,mountaines,deserts,and marshes.think of this well.\nif the us forces withdrow now,it will not be a civil war only,but halfe of iraq will be kaeda-stan,and the other halfe will go to iran.
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AMARRA, Iraq - Insurgents posing as police destroyed the golden dome of one of Iraq's holiest Shiite shrines Wednesday, setting off an unprecedented spasm of sectarian violence. Angry crowds thronged the streets, militiamen attacked Sunni mosques, and at least 19 people were killed. With the gleaming dome of the 1,200-year-old Askariya shrine reduced to rubble, some Shiites lashed out at the United States as partly to blame. The violence many of the 90 attacks on Sunni mosques were carried out by Shiite militias seemed to push Iraq closer to all-out civil war than at any point in the three years since the U.S.-led overthrow of Saddam Hussein. \n\nMany followed Hitler blindly to their death. Yes Iraq in Civil War? Iraq and VietNam are the same.
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We will lose the war. ( How many Iraqi people did 9-11?) This is the truth. Shot and killed one day. News for one day. Buried in 4 days. Forgotten forever. Troops!! You are dying for nothing.
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there are several ways to look at this.firstly the weapons of mass destruction were never found but the iraqs were living under a dictator.sometimes you have to look at the wider angle and decide the real motives behind it was it oil.i dont know but what i do know is this tinderbox is well and truly kindled and people are getting killed trying to stabalise the situation.i feel sorry for all the soldiers and innocent people caught up and being killed  in a confused and volatile country .in my opinion it is a no win situatin for both sides .
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Please......everyone is in denial that there is a civil war going on in Iraq.  Sunnis and Shiites killing and getting killed.  US troops are dying just because they are there.  The Kurds are just smart enough to stay away from civil war because when the Sunnis and Shiites annihilate each other, then the Kurds will have it all.
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the only thing I know about it is 10 or 15 years ago was a lot of killing between sectarian war. (holocaust or massacre)
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There has been numerous Females killed in Iraq.  go to http://www.icasualties.org to find out the exact number.
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We have had 47 Military killed this month alone in Iraq. Iraq is in the middle of a civil war we started and it isn't going to be over until we are kicked out, and we will be.\n\nRemember Vietnam?  I do. I was there. How many more would you like to lose in Iraq? Another 25,000?
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Unfortunately there is not definition for Civil War in any Military Dictionary in the United States, and the CIA won't say because the information is classified. Experts say that due to the level of violence, the death toll and the way the Country is splitting up, it has already reached civil war status. The death toll has exceeded that of a number of civil wars in recent history although I can't remember which ones. Other experts say that if it isn't a civil war than it is much worse because instead of just two groups fighting there is fighting between the Sunni's and Shittes, different groups of Shiites fighting each other as well as Kurds fighting the Arabs. So to answer your question, our Republican Government will never admit it's in civil war until they are out of office and can blame it on the Democrats because there is no definite definition of what classifies a Civil War. But what is clear is that it is a terrible situation that could have been avoided had we had responsible people running our Government.
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Iraq wasn't in a state of civil war until we got there... it's a civil war now because we destroyed the government, army, police force, and any kind of organized structure that Iraq had.  So of course it's going to be anarchy after that, what else would it be?\n\nIraq has nothing to do with Al-Queda. Al-Queda mostly stems from Afghanistan and Saudi Arabia... all of the bombers in 9/11 were Saudi Arabian, and so is Osama. Why do people keep wanting to link the terrorist attacks in the US to Iraq? Until we invaded, they were completely different things. Al-Queda disliked Saddam Hussein.\n\nI agree we should get out of there. But better yet we should never have gone there in the first place.
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I'm sure there will be several posts to suggest that the recent violence in Iraq this month, and certainly during April, are evidence of a brewing civil war in Iraq, but the reality based upon fact, is simply not there.\n\nSati al-Husri, considered the 'father of modern Iraq,' purported before his death that there would be struggles within the frame of the Iraqi State because of the religious factions existing within her borders.  This is a fundamental issue, and the West has come to recognize it all too well.  \n\nHowever, despite Iraq's cultural/religious inequity, Sati taught his children and grandchildren, that Sunni Muslims of which sect he belonged, could equally coexist with the Shi'a and Kurds. There was no conflict in his family's inner circle.  He proved that enlightened intellectual thought could countermand extremist ideology without compromising religious piety.\n\nBut although al-Husri's ideas are easy to agree with, especially from a Western point of view, they are not so easy to implement, especially in the current climate of terrorism.\n\nThe underpinning to all of the conflict in Iraq is not a brewing civil war among its Muslim factions, but rather an insurgency that cannot see the value of peace in the Middle East.  They tend to look through their extremist eyes with a 'jihadi' philosophy.  The insurgents will attempt to insight the Iraqi people into warring with each other.  This is not for the gain of the Iraqi people; it merely creates the atmosphere of unsettled violence for them. And the insurgents could care less about an Iraqi unified state either. Instead, they want their terrorist agenda to move forward...at all costs.\n\nTo that end, they will foment unrest, spatter the media with words of 'Civil War,' and create a masterful stroke of using the West against itself.  Fortunately, the Iraqi people are resolved to follow Sati al-Husri's example:  Freedom of speech and expression, freedom of religion, and freedom of commerce are the seeds to grow an independent state.  Violence and terrorism have no place in such a united country.  Democracy is the manifold weapon against al-Qa'ida and the Taliban, and the insurgents simply can't stand it.\n\nAs to the $4.00 gallon of gas, I doubt this will come to fruition, much as the media seems to hope it will.  We cannot discount those politicians who have a stake in the November elections either.  They seem to throw out this vague threat as though it were a weapon.\n\nThere is no doubt that we may come close to the mark in some sections of the country, especially over the summer months. But Americans in general will not accept this increase, and the government knows it.  So do the oil companies and our allies producing oil.  It is not in their best interests to price themselves out of the market.  There will likely be caps before the $4.00 per gallon rate is reached.  After all, once again, this is an election year.  Politicos have a reason to make sure the voters are looking at their names with favor. The first place the voter’s feel the pressure of Washington is at the pump.  You may be assured that the first place Washington will compromise is also at the pump.
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Leaders do not have to die for it to be a civil war.  It IS a civil war because you have one faction within a country fighting another faction inside that same country for control.  I don't care what the White House wants to call it, those who decide not to be ignorant will recognize a civil war when they see one.
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I think the war in Iraq is a failure of the Bush adminastration. Iraqi's are engaged in a civil war and we are in the middle of it. Only way out is to get out and let them settle for themselves. I always wondered how many repugs were acturally fighting in the war. Now I know. It is a shame.
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Well as to date America has over 17,000 wounded soldiers that are missing arms, and legs, or both. Most of them  the ages 18-25 and it's for the rest of their lives. This isn't including the 100,000 men, women, and children the Iraqi's have lost due to America's invasion. The American death toll in addition the wounded is around 5000. I have gotten this information from the U.S.GOV. web-site. America has absolutely no diplomacy policies or programs going on with the other surrounding Countries that have concerns with Iraq financially in the Middle East region. Iraq's infrastructure is still in shambles, and they really have no way to support themselves without the aid of the United States military. There is also a Civil War going on in Iraq, and Iraq doesn't have any present Government system in place; because they can't agree who's going to be in charge. It's a mess that's what is going on.