03-19-2007, 05:00 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: Konnektikutska Narodna Respublika
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no "motivation" in calling the civil war in Iraq a civil war
There is no "motivation" in calling the civil war in Iraq a civil war. The reason that I refer to it as such is very simple, it is.
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A civil war is a war in which parties within the same culture, society or nationality fight against each other for the control of political power. Political scientists use two criteria: the warring groups must be from the same country and fighting for control of the political center, control over a separatist state or to force a major change in policy. The second criterion is that at least 1,000 people must have been killed in total, with at least 100 from each side.[1]
Some civil wars are categorized as revolutions when major societal restructuring is a possible outcome of the conflict. An insurgency, whether successful or not, is likely to be classified as a civil war by some historians if, and only if, organized armies fight conventional battles. Other historians state the criterion for a civil war is that there must be prolonged violence between organized factions or defined regions of a country (conventionally fought or not).
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