Turf battles in Mumbai took the shape of tit-for-tat killings.
Over the next year the lives of 31 prisoners were lost in tit-for-tat killings.
But many doubted that this would be any more effective than a similar callup in November, after a spate of tit-for-tat killings.
This, however, marked a rise in sectarian tit-for-tat killings.
The tit-for-tat killings continued after the truce ended.
There have been deaths as well, including four in March within a 48 hours that appeared to be tit-for-tat killings of officials of both parties.
The police said they believed it was a tit-for-tat killing by a Protestant group.
It is a reprise of such tit-for-tat killings that represents the biggest fear for many Iraqis.
Meanwhile, tit-for-tat killings by death squads continue in Baghdad and elsewhere, as scores of bodies with bullets to the head turn up every week.
Clashes became more frequent, and tit-for-tat killings became common.