AS 2006 winds down , two developments inside Iraq stand out : the failure of the previous year 's election to produce any sense of progress , and the commencement of Iraq 's civil war , dating back to the Feb. 22 bombing of the hallowed Shiite mosque in Samarra and escalating ever since .
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