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And I'm Brooke Gladstone. On the third anniversary of the war in Iraq, we noted that the media

were asking, is it civil war yet?

This week, they edged closer to the answer.

With not enough boots on the ground in a civil war either happening now or perhaps about to a war.

How should the break of civil war, if not already, deep into a civil war?

I talked about that.

I can't send my kids to school because I have to cross sectarian lines.

The marketplace blew up three days ago.

These people say this feels like civil war.

As the civilian death toll climbs to more than a hundred a day,

many observers declare that Iraq is, in fact, already in the midst of an all-out civil war.

Among them were former Iraqi Prime Minister Iada Lawi, Congress members from both parties, and numerous columnists and military

analysts. Public opinion polls suggest that most Americans agree, almost two-thirds of them,

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