IRAQI PRIME MINISTER NURI AL-MALIKI SAID ON MONDAY HIS COUNTRY WILL NOT SLIDE INTO CIVIL WAR, BUT ACKNOWLEDGED THAT MOUNTING SECTARIAN VIOLENCE IS NOW KILLING 100 CIVILIANS A DAY. MALIKI STOPPED IN LONDON TO MEET PRIME MINISTER TONY BLAIR ON HIS WAY TO THE UNITED STATES FOR TALKS WITH PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH. "THERE IS A SECTARIAN ISSUE, BUT THE POLITICAL LEADERS ... ARE WORKING ON PUTTING AN END TO THE SECTARIAN ISSUE," MALIKI TOLD BBC RADIO. "CIVIL WAR WILL NOT HAPPEN TO IRAQ."
