Last week John Negroponte , former US ambassador in Baghdad and current director of national intelligence in Washington , warned that a civil war in Iraq could balloon into a conflict between Sunnis and Shiites throughout the Middle East .
Iraq /location/country/capital Baghdad
Iraq /location/location/contains Baghdad
Middle East /location/location/contains Iraq
JJ NN NNP NNP , JJ NNP NN IN NNP CC JJ NN IN JJ NN IN NNP , VBD IN DT JJ NN IN NNP MD VB IN DT NN IN NNPS CC NNPS IN DT NNP NNP .
Iraq
LOCATION
Baghdad
LOCATION
/location/country/capital
Iraq
LOCATION
Baghdad
LOCATION
/location/location/contains
Middle East
LOCATION
Iraq
LOCATION
/location/location/contains