God is Great," screamed a man seconds before he blew himself up, killing 10 people in a restaurant in Ramadi, the capital of Anbar province in western Iraq.
A vicious civil war is now being fought within Iraq's Sunni Arab community between al-Qa'ida in Iraq and al-Sahwa while other groups continue to attack American forces.
The official daily death toll of civilians reached a low of 20 killed a day in that month (January) and has since more than doubled to 41 a day in March. The US and the Iraqi government are now facing a war on two fronts.
The Iraqi army has appeared as dependent on American support as it ever was in the past.
Sunday, April 20, 2008
Iraq Violence on 4-19
The Independent: America's allies in Iraq under pressure as civil war breaks out among Sunni
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