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February 24, 2006

US Military: Iraq Not On Brink Of Civil War

Topics: Iraq

Despite efforts of the media, and the hopes and dreams of some of our far left Democratic friends (not all Dems, for sure), Iraq is not on the brink of civil war, and the U.S. military says so (Hat tip - Blogs for Bush):

The US military rejected the idea of a brewing civil war in Iraq, saying the number of confirmed major attacks on mosques across the country were only seven.

Major General Rick Lynch, spokesman for the coalition forces in Iraq, said the military had recorded attacks on seven Sunni mosques since the bombing of the revered Shiite shrine in Samarra on Wednesday.

"As of now seven attacks on mosques across Iraq have taken place that resulted in damage to mosques, two Sunni imams (prayer leaders) and one Sunni sheikh were murdered," Lynch told reporters, playing down the sectarian strife.

"Some drive-by shootings against mosques have been reported ... that's where we are. So we are not seeing civil war igniting in Iraq. We are not seeing 77, 80, 100 mosques damaged in Iraq. We are not seeing death on the streets."

Lynch said a total of 20 peaceful demonstrations had taken place across Iraq over the past 36 hours, while admitting "there were some demonstrations that were violent."

"We are seeing a confident Iraqi government using capable security forces to calm the storm that was inflammated by a horrendous terrorist attack yesterday against the golden mosque," Lynch added.

And even from the mouth of the Fox News analyst, General Wesley Clark, who would dance in the streets to see the Bush administration embarassed or Iraq fall apart in an explosion of unrest, on cable just a few moments ago - came the words that Iraq is certainly involved in some civil unrest, but we're not seeing civil war. So the Dems of the Left can relax, take a few deep breaths, and as BFB writes, they can "stop salivating now".

Posted by Richard at February 24, 2006 10:03 AM

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