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What constitutes 'civil war'? [audio 6min]

The debate has heated up over whether to label the violence in Iraq a civil war. Host Mike Pesca talks to Nicholas Sambanis of Yale University, who believes that the conflict is indeed a full-fledged civil war. Sambanis is co-editor of Understanding Civil War: Evidence and Analysis.
Read entire article at NPR "Day to Day"