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August, 2006

Analysis: Rumsfeld says no, but the facts say yes The Scotsman, 4 August 2006

Forty months on from the invasion of Iraq it is hard to dispute that the country is in the grip of a civil war. Saddam Hussein was a brutal dictator. He held his country together by force and by fear. Without that central control, Iraq ...

 

Civil war will tear Iraq apart, British ambassador's cable warns The Scotsman, 4 August 2006

Iraq is slipping towards a civil war which could see the division of the country, Britain's outgoing ambassador in Baghdad has warned the government.

 

UN shelves plan for Lebanon peacekeeping force The Scotsman, 1 August 2006

Hopes of a swift end to the fighting between Israel and Hezbollah were dealt a serious blow yesterday as the United Nations indefinitely postponed a crucial meeting to plan a new peace-keeping force for Lebanon.

 

 

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