Senate asks Bush for intelligence update on Iraq

[Barrett808]

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Senate asked the Bush administration on Thursday for a new intelligence assessment of on Iraq, where U.S. lawmakers and officials fear that worsening sectarian violence could lead to outright civil war.

In a voice vote, the Senate approved a Democrat-sponsored provision directing U.S. intelligence chief John Negroponte to prepare by October 1 a national intelligence estimate assessing Iraq's stability amid ethnic, religious and tribal divisions.

The measure, sponsored by Democratic Sen. Edward Kennedy of Massachusetts, was added as an amendment to a defense spending bill for fiscal year 2007.

A national intelligence estimate, or NIE, is a major report meant to convey to Congress and U.S. policymakers the intelligence community's most authoritative judgment on any chosen topic. The last NIE on Iraq was issued in 2004.

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http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060803/pl_nm/iraq_usa_intelligence_dc

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1. Hah! Good frippin' luck!

[MrCoffee]

2. I wish them all the best

I could get a better intelligence estimate out of the ficus in my office. It's a plastic ficus.

[Barrett808]

4. LOL! n/t

[Sherman A1]

3. Well they are asking for a whole lot there

since we have no plan and probably no intelligence to base it upon.

[rubberducky]

5. This is the best laugh I`ve had all week!!!

intelligence from *:rofl:

[MissWaverly]

6. Somebody ask the great Karnack to advise Congress

They are in need of intelligence on Iraq to guide them. Please spirits give us your guidance
tonight.

[MrCoffee]

7. Q: Will Congress get an intelligent update from ShrubCo?

A: My sources say no. All hail the power of the Magic 8-Ball!!

[MissWaverly]

11. Little Feather, the spirit guide says

Great White Father friend of man who cheat Indians on gambling casino, Great White Father friends
with man who not tell truth, no intelligence from that direction.

[olddad56]

8. The words Bush and intelligence don't belong in the same sentence.

[Jacobin]

9. That reads like an Onion headline

Sadly, its not.

:rofl:

[mike_c]

10. a call for fiction manuscripts ....

How nice of the Senate to support the arts.

[wellst0nev0ter]

13. Damn, Beat Me To It

I was gonna make a crack about the NYT Bestselling Fiction list, but. . .you know :D

[JudyM]

12. How about an intelligence update on finding Bin Laden? nt

[ConcernedCanuk]

14. Bin Laden WHO ?? - I remember that name from somewhere

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OH!!

Is that the reason(excuse) that the USA started bombing the shit out of the Middle East?

rings a bell sorta - -

[Doctor_J]

15. During VACATION?!?!

Il Dunce' has to unwind from months of grueling campaigning, photo-oping, and eating roast pig.

[w4rma]

16. He needs his vacation to work off the 5 pounds he gained eating that pig

:sarcasm: