The internal strife and civil war spurred by the U.S. invasion of Iraq in 2003 is escalating rapidly. The Sunni militia that has staked a claim to areas on both sides of the Iraq/Syria border is expanding its military campaign against the Shia-led government of Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki as it moved southward on Wednesday following a
Bloody Legacy Of US Invasion As Tattered Iraq Teeters On Edge
Estimated half million people have fled Mosul as Sunni militia forces expand south towards Baghdad.