27 March 2008 - 22H00

Iraq: heading for civil war?
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As fighting in the southern Iraqi city of Basra enters a third day, fear is growing that the US "surge strategy" in Iraq may be about to unravel. If the Mehdi army calls off its ceasefire as threatened, Iraq could slip into civil war.
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