Tuesday, September 05, 2006

Reed: Iraq heading towards civil war

Back from his eighth trip to Iraq, Senate Armed Services Committee member and Army veteran Sen. Jack Reed, D-R.I., said he is glad the administration finally is admitting things are not going to well.

“Iraq is tipping toward civil war,” Reed said. “There may be the occasional peaceful day, but the reality is there has been a huge upswing in sectarian violence, between Sunni and Shias, and also within the Shia community, that is becoming more and more significant and much more difficult to constrain.”

Read the rest at the Army Times