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To: John Carragher who wrote (120679)	11/29/2003 9:44:55 PM
From: Bilow	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 281500

Hi John Carragher; Re: "we know this is not a civil war. it is not supported by majority of Iraq people." I'd love to see any evidence you have that there has ever been a civil war supported by a majority of the population subjected to it. Most people wish for one side or the other to be victorious, but few people wish for the war itself. And there certainly are PLENTY of people in Iraq who want the US to leave. -- Carl

To: John Carragher who wrote (120679)	11/30/2003 12:24:20 AM
From: GST	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

A civil war is one possible outcome. Right now it is more a guerilla war. Some of the attacks in Iraq already seem to have as their motive the beginnings of a power struggle that in the end will pit the major ethnic components in Iraq against one another. At the very least, the Kurds have a strong desire to create their own homeland, and the Kurds would doubtless seek to take a big chunk of Turkey with them when they go, which would mean a regional as well as a civil war. I would not describe the current situation as a civil war -- not yet -- but there are strong forces to take Iraq in that direction.