This led to internecine and intra Kurdish conflict and warfare between 1994 and 1996.

The Palestinians have a difficult history one of internal disunity and murderous internecine conflict to overcome.

Blinded by internecine domestic power struggles, they failed to see the great powers strategic gambits in the region.

Periodic civil strife and rebellion were not eliminated, but only in Vietnam was the longevity of a dynasty a cloak for inextinguishable internecine warfare.

Moreover, the scars of the 1930 s virtual civil war have still not healed mutual suspicion and memories of internecine massacres vitiated cooperation and trust.

Only 11 years ago, we experienced a terrible genocide in Rwanda, and thousands were killed in the internecine conflict that took place in the Balkans.

Africa recognizes that the consolidation of development will be hampered by internecine conflicts that decimate populations, plunder precious natural resources and destroy already limited infrastructure.

The belief that the other s religion is not Islam, and its followers not Muslim, has underpinned internecine wars in which millions have died and continue to die.

Disunity made the Arab defeat almost inevitable. Moreover, the scars of the 1930 s virtual civil war have still not healed mutual suspicion and memories of internecine massacres vitiated cooperation and trust.

Journalists with long experience of war zones report being more worried about their safety in Mexico border than when they were in Bosnia, Afghanistan, or Iraq, though much of the violence is internecine.

One may disagree with this Euro centric interpretation, but what is clear is that the Muslim Middle East will be too preoccupied with internecine struggle to worry about the Palestinians or the existence of Israel.

The internecine rivalries that began in earnest last November between fighters from Zawiya and Warshefana, and among Tripoli s various factions, will be difficult to defuse, as the thowar (revolutionaries) have refused repeated calls by the NTC to disarm.

The Conference expressed concern over the proliferation of light and small caliber weapons and the manufacturing, use and trafficking of anti personnel mines since such activities hamper economic development and lead to instability, insecurity and internecine conflicts in Member States.

After all, the Iraqi Shia are Arabs, and if they are now willing to coordinate their activities with their Persian counterparts, their main goal will always be to secure an independent course as soon as possible, even while they carry on with their internecine disputes within Iraq.