Apparently, the big spike in "sectarian violence" has to do with the US decision to bring in the Badr Army-a group of Shiite Iraqis who were funded by Iranian theocrats who actually fought against the Iraqis in the Iran-Iraq war. These "Islamo-Fascists", to use Bush's phrase, were escorted into Iraq during our invasion, and given control of things like the Ministry of the Interior (which is sort of like a combination of the Police, FBI and CIA in Iraqi terms). The head of the Interior Ministry was a member of the party that ran the Badr Army. Very quickly, killings of entire families--often involving rape and mutilation--began to be perpetrated by men with police uniforms, police issued arms and driving police vehicles. The current "head" of Iraq, Maliki, is a member of the same party.
The Sunnis have, at the same time, not been inactive. Though, apparently, they've been more nationalist and tending to fight the Americans, they have been drawn increasingly into avenging their own casualties and Shiite hands. A grim story, indeed, bittered by the fact that we (the US) brought the catalyst factor (the Badr Army) into Iraq with US.
Check out the video evidence:
Who's Killing the Iraqis?
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