Don't Call It Civil War - OK, How About Chaos?

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| Wed Nov. 1, 2006 9:14 AM PST

Just about everything you need to know about the horrendous state of Iraq is captured in this PowerPoint slide, obtained by the New York Times. Here it is in a nutshell:

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What bunch of freedom-hating doom-and-gloomers put this assessment out? None other than the U.S. Central Command.

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