Related by context. Frequent words. (Click for all words.) 61 provoke sectarian 55 sow chaos 55 incite sectarian 53 foment 53 sow discord 48 sectarian strife 48 instigate 47 incite 47 destabilize 46 provoke 46 Sunni Shia 46 sectarian 46 quell sectarian 44 Gen. Sarhat Qadir 44 defuse 44 minimize civilian casualties 44 bloodshed 44 tamp down 44 intensify 44 foment unrest 43 enflame 43 sectarian violence 43 retaliatory sectarian 43 inflame passions 43 Sunni extremists 43 inter communal 43 re ignite 43 Sunnis Shiites 42 instil fear 42 mediate truce 42 avert 42 sow confusion 42 destablise 41 stoke tensions 41 sectarian tension 41 foment trouble 41 disrupt 41 pacify 41 sowing discord 41 escalate 41 inflame 41 Saddam Hussein loyalists 41 marginalize 41 derail 41 disarm militias 41 avenge bin Laden 41 inflame tensions 41 Shia Islam holiest 40 inflict harm 40 quell 40 sectarian tensions 40 Sectarian 40 avoid civilian casualties 40 spokesman Abdirahman Dinari 40 bombings assassinations 40 escalate tensions 40 radicalise 40 sowing chaos 40 tat sectarian 40 deepen 40 camouflage profanity 40 undermine 40 Shiia 40 stoke 40 heal rifts 40 minimize 40 Muslim sects 40 forestall 39 incite violence 39 defuse tension 39 delegitimize 39 defuse tensions 39 forcibly disarm 39 encourage lively 39 heighten 39 radicalize 39 sow seeds 39 refight 39 campaigning proselytizing harassment 39 extirpate 39 Samarra shrine 39 commit sedition 39 reprisal attacks 39 pre empt 39 sectarian killings 39 Sunnis 39 unite 39 majority Shi'ites 39 fomenting instability 39 security adviser Mouwafak 39 Curfew imposed 39 restore normality 39 sabotage 39 Sunni insurgents 38 avoid 38 Baath Party loyalists 38 Hiltermann 38 ease tensions 38 exacerbating tensions 38 Sunni 38 splinter factions