In Iraq violence continues

By Aussiegirl

If this is "teetering on the brink of sectarian civil war", I can't imagine how much worse civil war will be.

Civil War Looms With 68 Killed in Baghdad - Yahoo! News

BAGHDAD, Iraq - Sunnis and Shiites traded bombings and mortar fire against mainly religious targets in Baghdad well into the night Tuesday, killing at least 68 people a day after authorities lifted a curfew that had briefly calmed a series of sectarian reprisal attacks.

[...] The surge of violence deepened the trauma of residents already shaken by fears the country was teetering on the brink of sectarian civil war, threatened talks among Iraqi politicians struggling to form a government and raised questions about U.S. plans to begin drawing down troop strength this summer.