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[Myelectionanalysis.com] Myelectionanalysis.com » Blog Archive » Numbers: Last economic report I read put them at a growth rate of 1.7% and that is only because the price of oil and natural gas has risen with the increased demand (Iraq, again, had some impact here, but was only outputing about 2mil barrels a day distributed amongst something like 20 countries and was simply absorbed by the market, the real kicker is fear of implosion in the region keeps speculation up and countries like China and Eastern Europe with booming economics have increased demand substantially). There were many economic issues that were going on at the same time Russia offered to provide fuel for their “civilian”

 [Msnbc.msn.com] Iraq: What Now for Mixed Shia-Sunni Families? - Newsweek ...: But these include Al Qaeda in Iraq””and its leader, Abu Mussab al-Zarqawi. His stated plan is to "drag the Shia into the arena of sectarian war"

 [Powerlineblog.com] Power Line: At the American Heritage blog, Fredric Schwarz first noted the posts " or ... The paradox is that a future civil war between Iraq's Sunnis and Shias makes ...

  Iraq Solidarity News (Al-Thawra): "It is key to establishing the authority of Iraq's still relatively new government, to the coalition's handover of full responsibility for security to the Iraqis and - more importantly - to averting what even US officers now acknowledge is the risk of outright civil war." (Wooldridge, August 15, 2006; http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/1/hi/world/middle_east/4795987.stm)

 [The Pesky Fly] Iraqi Civil War: Acknowledging that there has been an increase in sectarian violence in and around Baghdad since Bush made a suprise visit several weeks ago, the White House maintains that Iraq has not devolved into a civil war. The government of Maliki is still in control and shows signs of making progress, the Bush administration says, and the president will do all he can to keep it that way.One Iraqi government official was more candid about his country's prospects.

[Evergreen Politics] Meanwhile in Iraq: Signalling a dramatic abandonment of the U.S.-backed project for Iraq, there is even talk among them of pre-empting the worst bloodshed by agreeing to an east-west division of Baghdad into Shi'ite and Sunni Muslim zones, senior officials told Reuters. According to Reuters, senior politicians are close to giving up on preserving Iraq in its present form. 

 [OpEdNews.Com Progressive, Tough Liberal News and Opinion Home Page] OpEdNews.Com Progressive, Tough Liberal News and... : The day before yesterday was catastrophic...killings in Jihad Quarter...black-clad militiamen drove opened fire on people in the streets and even in houses. They began pulling people off the street and checking their ID cards for Sunni names or Shia names and then the Sunnis were driven away and killed.

[Eccentric Star: A Public Diplomacy Weblog] Haditha Killings May Hold Different Context for... : In Baghdad's bustling Karrada commercial district, Mohammad Jawdaat, 47, offered a typical view at his store, where business selling firefighting gear is booming amid the chaos of Baghdad: "It really doesn't surprise me,"

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