From: CNN ImageSource on Wed, Mar 31 2010 3:03 PM

## please cut this sot: 9:35:48 I think that the sectarian tensions in the country are higher than I have seen since we have started this endeavor. (14) I believe they are dangerous if they can’t put zero sum politics behind them and move towards a government of national unity. (25) 09:36:05

From: CNN ImageSource on Wed, Mar 31 2010 2:44 PM

## Shot 08/24/2006. ## I NEVER SAID THAT IRAQ WAS ONE FOOT FROM CIVIL WAR. IT IS AMAZING HOW YOU SAY THINGS SOMETIMES AND THEY GET REPORTED DIFFERENTLY. I BELIEVE THAT THERE IS DANGER OF CIVIL WAR IN IRAQ, BUT ONLY A DANGER. I THINK IRAQ IS FAR FROM IT.' ## pls cut abizaid s...

From: CNN ImageSource on Wed, Mar 31 2010 2:39 PM

## Shot 09/06/2006. ## Kennedy at 2:38p (DC: Kennedy/Iraq Civil War Amendment)

From: CNN ImageSource on Wed, Mar 31 2010 2:38 PM

## Shot 08/24/2006. ## I believe that there is a danger of civil war in Iraq, but only a danger. I think Iraq’s far from it. I think that there's been great progress in the security front here recently in Baghdad

From: CNN ImageSource on Wed, Mar 31 2010 2:33 PM

## Shot 08/03/2006. ## WX/PACE/DEVOLVING (LONG) TRT: 28 OC: THEIR CITIZENS 10:22:06 Sir, I believe that we do have the possibility of that devolving to a civil war, but th...

From: CNN ImageSource on Wed, Mar 31 2010 2:33 PM

## Shot 08/03/2006. ## WX-LEVIN & ABIZAID/CIVIL WAR TRT:28 OC: TOWARD CIVIL WAR 10:13:18 LEVIN: Do agree General with the Ambassador from Britain to Iraq that Iraq sliding towards civil war? 10:13:31 ABIZAID: I believe that the sectarian violence is probably as bad as I have seen it in Baghdad ...

From: CNN ImageSource on Wed, Mar 31 2010 2:27 PM

## Shot 08/21/2006. ## WX-BUSH/CIVIL WAR (LONG) TRT: XX OC: THIS DEMOCRACY SUCCEED 10:08:32 i hear a lot of talk about civil war. i am concerned about that of course. and i have talked to a lot of people about it. and what i have found from my talks are that the iraqis want a unified country...

From: CNN ImageSource on Wed, Mar 31 2010 2:27 PM

cut vo --- exchange Abizaid-Levin SOT trt: 1:50 oc: ...war. 10:11:57 John Abizaid: senator levin, i think it’s clear that the insurgency has a lot of resiliency... Carl Levin: Iraq sliding towards civil war?....it is possible that iraq could move towards civil war.

From: CNN ImageSource on Wed, Mar 31 2010 2:27 PM

## Shot 08/03/2006. ## rumsfeld opening statement @ 9:50:02

From: CNN ImageSource on Wed, Mar 31 2010 2:26 PM

## Shot 08/20/2006. ## Fawzi Hariri: Iraqi Industry Minister ## please cut this sot — 08:26:35 there is no civil war in iraq in the sense that we saw in other parts of the world. what we have is a struggle between two completely different ideologies. one that believes in the new dawn of i...

From: CNN ImageSource on Wed, Mar 31 2010 2:21 PM

## WX-BYRD/RUMSFELD ERRORS TRT :27 OC: THOUSANDS OF LIVES(DOUBLE OUT) 13:47:55 He [Secretary Rumsfeld] continues to insist that we are not facing a civil war in Iraq despite convincing evidence to the contrary, and yet he sits comfortably in his office as the echo of his errors in judgment and ...

From: CNN ImageSource on Wed, Mar 31 2010 2:21 PM

## 'Our commanders and diplomats on the ground believe that Iraq has not descended into a civil war. They report that only a small number of Iraqis are engaged in sectarian violence, while the overwhelming majority want peace and a normal life in a unified country.'

From: CNN ImageSource on Wed, Mar 31 2010 2:20 PM

## content- ws of meeting room with Congressmen present, witnesses at table; ms of Congressmen as Rep. Shays addresses reads statement; series of quick MS of each Representative as he speaks to witnesses; ws and ms of witnesses ## please cut a vo from the 10a House Government Reform subcommit...

From: CNN ImageSource on Wed, Mar 31 2010 2:19 PM

## Bush/civil war trt: 24 oc.. unified country 11:35:56 This cruelty and carnage has led some to question whether Iraq has descended into civil war. Our commanders and our diplomats on the ground in Iraq believe that’s not the case. They report that only a small number of Ira...

From: CNN ImageSource on Wed, Mar 31 2010 2:02 PM

## Robert Gates Secretary of Defense WX-GATES/CIVIL WAR? TRT: XX OC: 10:06:06 I think that the words 'civil war' oversimplify a very complex situation in Iraq. I believe that there are essentially four wars going on in Iraq. One is Shia on Shia, principally in the south...

From: CNN ImageSource on Wed, Mar 31 2010 1:57 PM

## Shot 02/02/2007. ## when i think of a civil war i think of thousands of people out in the streets killing each other. what i see in iraq and the sectarian conflict are gangs of killers going after specific neighborhoods, going after specific targets - either individuals or other groups - or ...

From: CNN ImageSource on Wed, Mar 31 2010 1:55 PM

## 9:03:14 many people want to call this a civil war. and the debate whether iraq is in a civil war is largely a debate over semantics in which i don’t particularly care to engage. i find this public discussion really counter productive. people are trying to boil down a really complex...

From: CNN ImageSource on Wed, Mar 31 2010 1:47 PM

## Shot 04/10/2007. ## On the senate floor Harry Reid says: ''The President has put our troops in the middle of a civil war, that was never supposed to be their mission. Every day The price we pay grows worse Soon to be 3300 lives lost. according to MIT 600k iraqis have been killed....

From: CNN ImageSource on Wed, Mar 31 2010 1:40 PM

## 'Its not a civil war, its pure evil. And I belive we have an obligation to protect ourselves from that evil. So while we are making progress it also is tough, so the way to deal with it is stay on the offense. ## 16:35:40 'Its not a civil war, its pure evil. And I ...

From: CNN ImageSource on Wed, Mar 31 2010 1:40 PM

## Shot 03/17/2007. ## 10:07:35 the bill would impose arbitrary and restrictive conditions on the use of war funds and require the withdrawal of forces by the end of this year if these conditions are not met. cut from --04767951 - (bush radio) --------BUTT TO --------- They want to stay the cou...