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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congress.govRobert Gates: “the violence that we have seen has really been al-Qaeda in Iraq violence aimed at promoting or provoking sectarian…”
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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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