Nikolay Mladenov, the UN's envoy to Baghdad, recently warned that polarisation would jeopardise investment and could further inflame violence.
There was no chance in any case of Hussein returning to power, and it seems just as likely, if not more so, that his execution will actually inflame violence rather than calm it.
But how long these two worlds can coexist in such proximity without inflaming violence is a question that increasingly preoccupies the top management of ChevronTexaco.
The effects would also be felt here and in Central America: With the drug wars in Mexico inflaming violence, some argue that the money now used for interdiction could be better spent building up the institutions — especially courts and prosecutors' offices — that would lead to long-term stability in Mexico and elsewhere.
But the commission's spokeswoman, Rachel Cerfontyne, whose cautious statement appeared to reflect the commission's concern that it say nothing to inflame the violence, said reports circulating in Tottenham and elsewhere that Mr. Duggan had been "executed" with shots to the head were false.
In interviews, many Christian, Jewish and Muslim leaders said they feared that an attack on Iraq could kill many Iraqi noncombatants, inflame the violence between the Israelis and the Palestinians, fuel further anti-American sentiment in the Arab and Muslim worlds and set a precedent that would encourage other nations to take unilateral action against their enemies.
We're not going to get lucky, Afghanistan will not magically right itself next year, particularly now as Petraeus has been unleashed to inflame the violence as much as he pleases.
There was no independent verification of the figure; the authorities have been chary of releasing death tolls for fear of inflaming further violence.
The Australian Senate investigation into February's fatal unrest at the detention centre blamed the squad's heavy-booted intervention for inflaming the violence that killed an Iranian asylum seeker, Reza Barati.
The United States' War on Terror has claimed hundreds of thousands of lives, inflamed sectarian violence, and made a mockery of international law.
Martin Dempsey, the chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff, called Jones to express his "concerns over the nature of the film, the tensions it will inflame and the violence it will cause".
