Iraq Headed Squarely Toward Civil War

AP:

BAGHDAD, Iraq - A bomb ripped through a vegetable market in a Shiite section of Baghdad and a leading Sunni politician escaped an attack on his convoy Thursday as at least 36 people were killed in unrelenting violence pushing Iraq toward civil war.

The Iraqi government announced a one-day ban on private vehicles in Baghdad and its outskirts aimed at averting attacks on Friday, when Muslims attend the most important prayer service of the week.

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This comes on the heels of similarly deadly bombings Wednesday and the day before.
Also, America’s spy chief tells Congress that the violence could destabilize the entire region--which would completely upend one of Bush’s main reasons for invasion in the first place.

Paul Szep