Rumsfeld testified alongside General John Abizaid, the top US military commander in Iraq. In a moment of candid testimony, General Abizaid warned Iraq is descending into civil war.

• Gen. John Abizaid: “Sectarian violence probably is as bad as I’ve seen it, in Baghdad in particular. If not stopped, it is possible that Iraq could move toward civil war.”

Abizaid’s comments come on the heels of the disclosure of a report written by the outgoing British Ambassador to Iraq. In the confidential memo, the ambassador, William Patey, writes Iraq is likely to be embroiled in: “a low-intensity civil war and a de facto division of Iraq.” Patey left Baghdad just last week.