Related by context. Frequent words. (Click for all words.) 54 retaliatory sectarian 50 ethno sectarian violence 45 ethno sectarian 43 sectarian 43 warlordism 41 violence 41 de facto partition 41 cycle 41 Unabated 40 sectarian violence 40 rampant lawlessness 40 escalatory 40 intensification 40 Hiltermann 40 gradual 40 inflame sectarian tensions 40 sectarian tensions 40 sectarian rifts 39 sectarian strife 39 worsening 39 vicious spiral 39 bloodshed 39 Gen. Qassim Moussawi 38 lawlessness 38 continues unabated 38 Madhi Army 38 sectarian killings 38 ignite sectarian 38 instability 38 stabilizes 38 kidnappings beheadings 38 Left unchecked 38 sectarian bloodbath 37 seemingly inexorable 37 exacerbate 37 sectarian bloodletting 37 accelerating 37 escalation 37 sectarian cleansing 37 prolonged 37 accelerate 37 inter communal 37 Shiite dominated 37 Sabah Kadhim 37 anarchy 37 Insurgent violence 37 civil strife 37 sectarian warfare 37 abates 37 sectarianism 37 disarm militias 37 Ethnic cleansing 37 Escalating violence 37 Al Naqib 37 Fighting rages 36 further 36 ethnically tense 36 continued 36 Iraq UNAMI 36 vicious cycle 36 intensify 36 continue 36 dehumanisation 36 Nouri Maliki 36 vicious circle 36 bombings ambushes 36 Sunni Shia 36 desensitisation 36 Shiia 36 worsen 36 incalculable consequences 36 economic 35 stagflationary 35 exacerbation 35 exacerbating 35 continual 35 destabilises 35 bombings assassinations 35 heightening fears 35 Sunnis 35 stabilization 35 deflationary cycle 35 Baquoba 35 escalating 35 Shi'ite factions 35 sectarian tension 35 geopolitical instability 34 unabated 34 destabilizing 34 intensifying 34 Banditry 34 Worsening 34 destabilization 34 sectarian militias 34 inter ethnic 34 Shia militias 34 Diyala Province 34 witnessing 34 bombings kidnappings 34 Maliki 34 tribalism