NY Times find 'seeds of civil war' in Anbar

Submitted by David Edwards on Mon, 2007-12-24 08:30. ::

Excerpts from New York Times article follow:

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"In interviews with Awakening groups in 10 locations -- four interviewed during a week in Anbar, and six groups in and around Baghdad interviewed over several days -- it was evident that the groups were improving security in their areas. But it is also clear that there is little loyalty, in either direction, between the Sunni groups and the Shiites who run the government."

"The Americans are haunted by the possibility that Iraq could go the way of Afghanistan, where Americans initially bought the loyalty of tribal leaders only to have some of them gravitate back to the Taliban when the money stopped."


This video is from NYTimes.com, broadcast on December 23, 2007.


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