Robert Gates: “The violence that we have seen has really been al-Qaeda in Iraq…”

On the recordJune 15, 2010

The violence that we have seen has really been al-Qaeda in Iraq violence aimed at promoting or provoking sectarian conflict.

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Gates explains that recent violence in Iraq is driven by al-Qaeda's attempts to incite sectarian strife.

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