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Iraq - Pushing Toward Civil War?
Pushing toward civil war? 
Sam Wyer from the Institute for The Study of War takes a look at the evolving protests across Iraq.
And so it goes...
Richard 
Political Update: Mapping the Iraq Protests
ISW, 11 Jan 2013
Over the last three weeks, both anti-government and pro-government demonstrations have spread across Iraq, split geographically along sectarian lines. The graphics {link below} depict where anti-government protests first erupted and how they have steadily spread throughout predominantly Sunni areas north and west of Baghdad. After two weeks of anti-government demonstrations, pro-government counter-protests emerged in the southern predominately Shi’a provinces. The geographic split of the movements is both a factor and an accelerant of sectarian tensions in Iraq.
http://www.understandingwar.org/back...-iraq-protests
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