More than 50 killed in string of Baghdad attacks

[sabbat hunter]

http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/02/28/iraq.main/index.html

hundreds of dead since last weeks mosque bombing. but there is no civil war is there?

[The_Casual_Observer]

1. They could be wearing blue and grey uniforms and calling

the battles names like Manassas and they still wouldn't call it a civil war.

[adriennui]

2. peace is in the air, no?

[Broadslidin]

3. For Instant Video From BBC World News.......

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4757964.stm

[brooklynite]

4. (Update) Civil War Looms With 66 Killed in Baghdad

BAGHDAD, Iraq - A series of suicide attacks, car bombs and mortar barrages rocked Baghdad on Tuesday, killing at least 66 people and wounding scores as Iraq teetered on the brink of sectarian civil war. President Bush decried the violence and said Iraqis must choose between "chaos or unity."

Iraqis have suffered through days of reprisal killings and attacks on Sunni mosques since bombers blew apart the gold dome of the revered Shiite Askariya shrine in Samarra on Wednesday. The Iraqi Cabinet said at least 379 people had been killed and 458 wounded in reprisal attacks.

In the latest attacks, two explosions hit Shiite targets in northern Baghdad after sundown, killing at least 15 people and wounding 72.

Police officials said either a car bomb or a mortar hit the Abdel Hadi Chalabi mosque in the Hurriyah neighborhood, killing 23 people and wounding 55.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060228/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq
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President Bush decried the violence and said Iraqis must choose between "chaos or unity."

I'd say they've made the choice pretty clear...

[Zynx]

6. How is it not a civil war?

Here is the primary definition of civil war:
"A war between factions or regions of the same country."
http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=Civil%20War

Hmmm....That seems to fit the ticket.

[uppityperson]

5. 1300 dead in this morning's paper, 6 days worth.

:cry: