Considering the ICG is a rather small non-military organization what makes them experts in warfar or in potential wartime crisis? Since they are also non-governmental and consist of the following as their chairpersons;

Christopher Patten - Co-Chair, Crisis Group, Former European Commissioner for External Relations, Former Governor of Hong Kong, Former UK Cabinet Minister, Chancellor of Oxford and Newcastle Universities.

Thomas Pickering - Co-Chair, Crisis Group, Former U.S. Ambassador to the UN, Russia, India, Israel, Jordan, El Salvador and Nigeria

Gareth Evans - President & CEO, Former Foreign Minister of Australia

They actually have no real authority or voice in this situation and disagree with those who were given the authority and voice, calling the Baker-Hamilton report "insufficiently radical if Iraq’s collapse and an unprecedented regional war are to be avoided". So, how is it that their opinion should be considered reliable and why exactly should President Bush even give them the time of day?

Crow........ Crow.....p.....pll...pllleeeaaaaaseee....ans-wer my q...q...que-s-tion! Im desperate! who said that? Im going insane here!

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Smitty, I believe that "think tank" would be the ICG.

You are soooo scraping to justify this study from this group as illegitimate.

If you are asking where spitty got his link I don't know other than that refer to KIX.

i just want to know who said this>

BAGHDAD (AFP) - Iraq is on the brink of total disintegration and could drag its neighbors into a regional war, a leading think-tank said, after the Pentagon confirmed violence was at an all-time high.

its the first damn sentence!

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Critical reading analysis 101

statement
BAGHDAD (AFP) - Iraq is on the brink of total disintegration and could drag its neighbors into a regional war, a leading think-tank said, after the Pentagon confirmed violence was at an all-time high.

Detail of leading think tank
The warning from the International Crisis Group came amid lawless chaos in Baghdad, where police were hunting for 16 kidnapped aid workers and a former minister who escaped from jail, allegedly with the help of US hired guns.

Paraphrasing the think tank.
The ICG's report called on Washington to distance itself from Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki's beleaguered government, which has failed to tackle sectarian militias, and reach out to the United States' arch-foes Iran and Syria.

Again paraphrasing
Implementation of the various measures mapped out in this report is one last opportunity. It is at best a feeble hope," the ICG paper said.

It being applied to the IGC leading, Think Tank
"But it is the only hope to spare Iraq from an all-out disintegration, with catastrophic and devastating repercussions for all," it warned.

If anything, I believe you mean Baghdad is on the verge of collapse.

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There are several think tanks, The Rand Corporation, Heritage Foundation, PENAC, and yes the Iraq Study Group.

The story was on Yahoo the other day, I am sorry I forgot to post the link.

I found the link, the story has been "Corrected"

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061220/wl_nm/us_dc_2