Well considering the this mornings news of the US denying reports of Iraq nearing civil war, here is something else to offer a little contradicition:

Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari said insurgents are trying “everything” to foment civil war as reprisal attacks followed yesterday’s bombing of the Golden Mosque in Samarra, sacred to Shiite Muslims.

“Anti-democratic forces have tried everything to push the country into a civil war and sectarian violence,” Zebari said today in a phone interview from Baghdad, blaming the attack on extremists and supporters of ousted dictator Saddam Hussein. “This is the biggest challenge we as Iraqis face, and efforts are under way to prevent it.”

After the Samarra blast destroyed the shrine’s golden dome, about 30 Sunni Muslim mosques were attacked, and at least three Mullahs, or religious leaders, were killed, Zebari said. Eighty bullet-ridden corpses have been taken to a Baghdad morgue since yesterday afternoon, Agence France-Presse reported.

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Yup. It might not be exactly there yet but damn, it sure is getting close. The worst part is once it happens, our troops are stuck right in the middle and will most likely fall victim to even more attacks. Murtha’s plan sounds a lot better now – doesn’t it?