http://www.dia.mil/publicaffairs/Testimonies/statement25.html
Lieutenant General Michael D. Maples, U.S. Army Director, Defense Intelligence Agency
Statement for the Record
Senate Armed Services Committee
15 November 2006
excerpt:
DIA judges the continued Coalition presence as the primary counter to a breakdown in central authority, which would have grave consequences for the people of Iraq, stability in the region, and U.S. strategic interests. No major political figure in Iraq has endorsed the notion of civil war or partition, and most political and religious leaders continue to restrain their communities. Moreover, DIA judges that Iraqi Arabs retain a strong sense of national identity and that most Iraqis recall a past in which sectarian identity did not have the significance it does today. Although leaders across the political spectrum who are participating in the government continue to talk and search for a positive way forward, the challenges to bringing stability and security with a cohesive, unified, and effective government remain significant.
(does sound as if he's saying everything was under control while Saddam was in power, doesn't it? If sectarian identity was not significant then, who ended up in the mass graves, I wonder?)
DIA finds IRAQIS BETTER UNDER SADDAM, RECOMMENDS RE-INSTALLATION