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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH

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To: AK2004 who wrote (527855)1/22/2004 1:47:39 PM
From: Skywatcher  Read Replies (1) of 769667
 
CIA warns of Iraq civil war

(Gee, no one could have foreseen this....Lol)

WASHINGTON - CIA officers in Iraq are warning that the country may be on a path to civil war, current and
former U.S. officials said Wednesday, starkly contradicting the upbeat assessment that President Bush
gave in his State of the Union address.

The CIA officers' bleak assessment was delivered verbally to Washington this week, said the officials, who
spoke on condition of anonymity because of the classified information involved.

The warning echoed growing fears that Iraq's Shiite majority, which has until now grudgingly accepted the
U.S. occupation, could turn to violence if its demands for direct elections are spurned.

Meanwhile, Iraq's Kurdish minority is pressing its demand for autonomy and shares of oil revenue.

"Both the Shiites and the Kurds think that now's their time," said one intelligence officer. "They
think that if they don't get what they want now, they'll probably never get it.
Both of them feel they've been betrayed by the United States before."

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