Top U.S. general voices fear of civil war in Iraq."I believe that the sectarian violence Sectarian violence or sectarian strife is violence inspired by sectarianism, that is, between different sects of one particular mode of thought, not necessarily religious (e.g. is probably as bad as I've seen it, in Baghdad in particular, and that if not stopped, it is possible that Iraq could move toward civil war." The leader of the U.S. Central Command, General John Abizaid John Philip Abizaid (born April 1, 1951) (Arabic: جون أبي زيد) is a retired General in the United States Army and former Commander of the United States Central Command (CENTCOM), overseeing American military operations in a , characterized char·ac·ter·ize tr.v. character·ized, character·iz·ing, character·iz·es 1. To describe the qualities or peculiarities of: characterized the warden as ruthless. 2. the degenerating situation in Iraq with words that the Bush administration does not want used. |
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