Civil War. n.: A war between factions or regions of the same country.
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Repeat after Rumsfeld: "There's no Civil War. There's no Civil War. . . . "
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". . . after the Feb. 22 bombing of a revered Shiite shrine in the central city of Samarra. More than 500 people were killed in the violence that followed, according to police and hospital accounts."
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. . . that's from a March 5, Chicago S-T article. How many since then?
Fort Sumter (Apr 12-14, 1861): 0 casualties (although 1 Union Soldier killed when canon exploded during surrender ceremony). Official outbreak of U.S. Civil War.
First Manassas (July 21, 1861): 847 killed (several thousand wounded). First "Major Battle" of U.S. Civil War.