Word: sectarian
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...sure, the question of who is responsible for the recent spate of murders needs to be settled, but now is not the time. Now is the time to revive the Lebanese national dialogue and restore relations between the various sects and political parties. As long as the sectarian divide in Lebanon continues to widen, the answer to “who is to blame for these assassinations?” will not serve the nation’s interests. In fact, were that question to be answered tomorrow, the road to sectarian blood-letting would continue to materialize without noticeable...
...months now, al-Maliki has promised to deal with the sectarian violence with ?an iron fist? - that's his expression. He will undoubtedly make similar promises in the course of his visit to Jordan. But Iraqis have learned from bitter experience that their lame duck leader does little more than quack...
President George W. Bush has continued to reject assertions that Iraq is in the midst of a civil war. But in the wake of his meeting with Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki in Amman, Jordan, to discuss the country's continuing sectarian violence, some human rights experts are worrying about a different, worse fate for Iraq: genocide...
...fold in exchange for concessions. And despite Washington's chagrin, Maliki will likely seek to restore the Sadrists to his coalition rather than face the collapse of his government. But the reason Washington wants Sadr out is that his group is widely viewed as a key source of sectarian violence. So as long as Maliki is looking over his shoulder in Sadr's direction rather than in Bush's, the prospects for his government enacting a national reconciliation plan that could reverse the trend towards civil war remain grim...
...first question at the news conference was about the term "civil war," which Bush continues to reject, saying there is a lot of "speculation" at a time when terrorists had vowed to foment sectarian violence. Hadley, while also refusing to accept the term "civil war," finally said: "It is what it is." It was a step toward bluntness at a time when good news for the President is in short supply. In Jordan, his team hopes, he'll once again show himself to be in command...