Related by context. Frequent words. (Click for all words.) 54 stoke tensions 53 heighten tensions 53 aggravate tensions 51 exacerbate tensions 50 ease tensions 49 escalate tensions 49 provoke 49 enflame 49 inflame tensions 49 destabilize 48 sectarian tensions 47 inflame 46 defuse tensions 46 majority Shi'ites 46 derail 46 Shiite Islam holiest 46 undermine 45 heightened tensions 45 Sunnis 45 sectarian bloodletting 45 embolden 45 Sunni insurgents 45 sectarian strife 44 complicate 44 forestall 44 Shiites 44 Turkish incursion 44 defuse 44 pre empt 44 Shi'ites 44 holiest Shiite 44 Shiite clerics 44 Sunni Arabs 43 sectarian tension 43 Sunni extremists 43 backfire 43 disrupt 43 minority Sunnis 43 sectarian violence 43 heightened tension 43 Sunni 43 escalate 43 Sunni Arab 43 Sunni Shia 42 quell sectarian 42 potentially destabilizing 42 weaken 42 revered Shiite shrine 42 sectarian bloodshed 42 Shiite 42 Muslim sects 42 defuse tension 42 instigate 42 Shi'as 41 intensify 41 prelude 41 Shiite cleric 41 al Maliki Shiite 41 Iraq Zalmay Khalilzad 41 bloodshed 41 retaliatory attacks 41 Sunni clerics 41 Shi'ite 41 foment unrest 41 preempt 41 Shias 41 avert 41 Shi'ite pilgrims 41 Ayatollah Sistani 41 destabilizing 41 tensions 40 Shiite Muslims 40 flashpoint 40 Shiite dominated 40 incite violence 40 Prime Minister Nuri Kamal 40 stoke 40 Sadrists 40 spokesman Laith Kubba 40 Shi'ite militia 40 foment 40 Samarra 40 stoked fears 39 Journal Star YOUPage 39 Shi'ite cleric 39 incite 39 sectarian divides 39 foment trouble 39 Shiite shrines 39 reprisal attacks 39 aggravate 39 sectarian warfare 39 unsettle 39 Shi'ite Muslim 39 presage 39 Sadr militia 39 Shi'ite mosque 39 re ignite 39 Shi'ite Muslims 39 mend ties 39 Salman bin Hamad