Sources: Sectarian battles now main Iraq threat
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The National Intelligence Estimate on Iraq doesn't say whether the war-ravaged nation has reached a state of civil war, but it cites Iraqi-on-Iraqi violence as the primary source of conflict there, government sources familiar with the report said Friday.
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US and Iraqi forces fought deadly battles with insurgents across central and northern Iraq on Monday â-he latest in a wave of clashes that has swept the country&#39;s Sunni Muslim
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Appeals for calm by Shiites and Sunnis, as well as American officials in Iraq, appeared to have headed off the risk of a new sectarian convulsion, at least for now.
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ELEANOR HALL: To Iraq now, and the insurgency there is increasingly drawing warnings from neighbouring countries, particularly about the viability of the elections due to be held in Iraq in January.
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Iraq&#39;s interim prime minister warned Monday that insurgents are trying to foment sectarian civil war and derail elections, as thousands of mourners turned out for funerals in the Shiite holy cities of Najaf and Karbala a day after car bombs
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Analysis: It has been clear for some time that the U.S. is not in control of events in Iraq. But the latest sectarian bloodshed suggests that even help from Iran and Syria  may not be enough to stop the slide into chaos
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The attack, the deadliest in Iraq in months, occurred in a southern city where rival Shiite groups have been battling for power.
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As sectarian violence continues, the US military cautions that results of its Baghdad troop 'surge' will take time.
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After the largest death toll from a single attack since Hussein's fall, sectarian bloodletting seems likely to escalate.
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Intensified insurgent attacks on Shiite holy cities have sparked renewed fears of sectarian strife.
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US Marines appeared yesterday to be moving closer to a decisive battle in the Sunni Triangle area west of Baghdad, where insurgents are using violence and intimidation
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BAGHDAD -- A string of attacks by Shi&#39;a rebels in Baghdad and Sunni guerrillas in Fallujah has driven the US military&#39;s death toll to 17 since Sunday and spawned clashes yesterday that raged with an intensity not seen since the two-front rebellion erupted
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A sectarian split is a risk in Iraq's Jan. 30 election.
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In Iraq, the Sunnis are the targets of an intimidation campaign by insurgents using violence to disrupt the elections. Under threat of death, they have been warned not to run, not to vote, not to participate.
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U.S. and Iraqi forces are struggling to ease sectarian tension in one of Iraq's most volatile areas where much of the population seeking security turns to terrorists, not Iraqi troops or police, a U.S. commander said on Friday.
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Security is deteriorating in southern Iraq as rival Shiite militias vying for power have stepped up their attacks after moving out of Baghdad to avoid U.S.-led military operations, according to the latest quarterly Pentagon report on Iraq released yesterday.
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A new National Intelligence Estimate depicts an Iraq involved in a multi-faceted struggle among religious groups and sects and says that without a sharp reversal in the violence and changes among the Shiite, Sunni and Kurd leadership, the situation could further deteriorate.