Related by context. Frequent words. (Click for all words.) 55 sectarian violence 54 sectarian bloodshed 52 sectarian warfare 50 bloodshed 49 sectarian strife 49 civil strife 47 Sunni insurgency 47 Sectarian violence 46 insurgency 46 sectarian killings 45 majority Shi'ites 44 war 43 sectarian 42 sectarian tensions 42 factional fighting 41 violence 41 troop surge 41 bloodletting 41 Iraq 41 Shia militias 41 Suicide bombings 41 topple Saddam Hussein 41 invasion 41 sectarian tension 40 hostilities 40 oust Saddam Hussein 40 ethnic strife 40 crisis 40 Sunni triangle 40 uprisings 39 Sunni insurgents 39 chaos 39 troop buildup 39 brutal repression 39 sectarian divisions 39 Balkan wars 39 Anbar province 39 sectarian clashes 39 Shiite militias 39 sectarian divide 38 bloodiest 38 ethnic tensions 38 quagmire 38 postelection violence 37 relative lull 37 postwar 37 conflict 37 bloodbath 37 barbarism 37 dictatorship 37 humanitarian catastrophe 37 carnage 37 uprising 37 Islamist insurgency 37 lawlessness 37 ethnic cleansing 37 Tet Offensive 37 toppled Saddam Hussein 36 epidemic 36 Anbar 36 divisiveness 36 anarchy 36 Shi'ite militias 36 strife 36 Iraqis 36 Saddam ouster 36 bitterly divided 36 turmoil 36 revolution 36 Shiites 36 bloody 36 Samarra 36 militias 36 hyperinflation 36 unrest 36 savagery 36 Fallujah 36 intifada 35 mayhem 35 insurrection 35 upheaval 35 Falluja 35 rebellion 35 separatist insurgency 35 occupation 35 wars 35 tumult 35 Sunni extremists 35 interventionism 35 al Sadr 35 US backed 35 pogrom 35 massacres 35 Taliban insurgency 35 Shi'ites 35 atrocities 35 militarism 35 western Anbar province 34 troops 34 cataclysm 34 volatile Diyala province