Analysis: Bombings expose Iraq's deepening sectarian divisions
Analysis: Bombings expose Iraq's deepening sectarian divisions By Arwa Damon and Tim Lister , CNN December 23, 2011 -- Updated 0103 GMT (0903 HKT) Car windows shattered during a wave of bombings in in Baghdad that killed more than 60 people. STORY HIGHLIGHTS Bombings are an indication that terror groups in Iraq are finding space to operate Attack came as Iraq's Shiite prime minister orders arrest of Sunni vice-president Iraqi officials speak of a new al Qaeda made up of Sunni fighters; U.S. officials say Shiite groups sponsored by Iran are a bigger danger Meanwhile the prime minister does not want Iraq to be a proxy battleground for Saudi Arabia and Iran (CNN) -- Nature abhors a vacuum but terrorism relishes one. And Iraq appears to be offering new space for al Qaeda and other militant groups, as political rivalries and sectarian animosities deepen. The coordinated bomb explosions across Baghdad Thursday -- which killed more than 60 people -- bear the ...