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To: Peter Dierks who wrote (683588)	5/25/2005 3:19:22 PM
From: sea_biscuit	Respond to of 769670

Don't say that we didn't warn you fools! Iraq Civil War Fears as Violence Intensifies A car bomb exploded next to a US Army convoy in Baghdad, killing three soldiers, while another American died in a drive-by shooting a half-hour later. Their deaths pushed the number of US troops killed in three days to 14, part of a surge in attacks that have killed about 60 Iraqis. In the northern city of Tal Afar, there were reports yesterday that militants were in control and that Shiites and Sunnis were fighting in the streets, a day after two car bombs killed at least 20 people. Police Capt Ahmed Hashem Taki said Tal Afar was experiencing “civil war.” Journalists were blocked from entering the city of 200,000. Eighteen US troops have been killed in Iraq during the past week, raising concerns that insurgents may again be focusing their sights on American forces in addition to Shiite Muslims. The deaths come as American troops are trying to pave the way for a graceful exit from Iraq by giving more responsibility to the country’s security forces. But with the Iraqis still relatively weak, US troops remain in the firing line, targeted by insurgents who have shown increasing abilities to attack when and where they please. More than 620 people, including 58 US troops, have been killed since April 28, when insurgents launched a bloody campaign after Prime Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari announced his new Shiite-dominated government. The Associated Press count is based on reports from police, hospital and military officials. During the same period, there have been at least 89 car bombs killing at least 355 people. There were an additional five suicide bombings by individuals wearing explosives that killed at least 107 people. The man blamed for instigating many of the attacks, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, has been wounded, according to a Web statement in the name of his group, al-Qaida in Iraq. The Jordanian-born al-Zarqawi has denounced Iraqi Shiites as US collaborators and said killing them, including women and children, was justified. Also yesterday, Sunni and Shiite clerics and politicians intensified efforts to find a way out of a sectarian crisis that threatens a civil war. Senior officials representing Iraq’s two leading Sunni Muslim organisations met with Interior Minister Bayan Jabr. The Sunni officials recently had demanded Jabr’s resignation, holding his office responsible for the killings of Sunni clerics and others. Abdul-Aziz al-Hakim, a prominent Shiite politician, said there will be no civil war. “The awareness of the Iraqi people and the links between them will prevent such a war, God willing,” al-Hakim said.