As one of Iraq’s most powerful Shi’ite faction leaders visited the White House on Monday, the United States made an urgent plea to Iraqis to resist a cycle of violence that will “destroy you and your country”. A day after U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan said Iraq was now in a civil war and 52 more victims of sectarian death squads were found dumped in Baghdad, President George W. Bush met Abdul Aziz al-Hakim, leader of the Supreme Council for the Islamic Revolution in Iraq (SCIRI), the biggest party in government. Full Story