Saturday, August 05, 2006

Top Generals Warn of Civil War In Iraq

Top U.S. generals fear Iraq civil war
By Dana Priest and Mary Jordan
Washington Post

WASHINGTON — Two top U.S. generals said Thursday that the sectarian violence in Iraq is much worse than they had ever anticipated and could lead to civil war, arguing that improving the situation is now more a matter of Iraqi political will than of U.S. military strategy.

"The sectarian violence is probably as bad as I've seen it," Gen. John Abizaid, commander of U.S. military operations in the Middle East, told the Senate Armed Services Committee. "If not stopped, it is possible that Iraq could move toward civil war."

(The Angry Independent Says: Civil War may have already started. General Abizaid is about a year late on that one. His own Troops agree that Civil War is underway in Iraq).

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Iraq Civil War already underway according to U.S. Troops
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Watch Video of the Congressional Testimony which was the source for this report.

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