Expert: Iraq now in 'serious civil war'

WASHINGTON, Oct. 16 (UPI) -- "Iraq is already in a state of serious civil war," a leading U.S. analyst has warned in a new report.

"Current efforts at political compromise and improving security at best are buying time," Anthony H. Cordesman, who holds the Arleigh A. Burke chair in strategy at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, a leading Washington think tank, wrote in the executive summary to his revised report "Options for Iraq." A draft version of the report was circulated Friday.

"There is a critical risk that Iraq will drift into a major civil conflict over the coming months, see its present government fail, and/or divide or separate in some form," Cordesman wrote.

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