Iraq study group verdict: 'Mess-o-potamia'

By WILLIAM BRANIGIN, JOSH WHITE and ROBIN WRIGHT
Washington Post Staff Writers

Filed 12.06.06; 2:10 PM EST

Conditions in Iraq are "grave and deteriorating," with the prospect that a "slide toward chaos" could topple the U.S.-backed government and trigger a regional war unless the United States changes course and seeks a broader diplomatic and political solution involving all of Iraq's neighbors, according to a bipartisan panel that gave its recommendations to President Bush and Congress today.

(Click & Read on courtsey of The Washington Post)

Photo Captions & Credits: Co-chairmen of Iraq Study Group, former U.S. Secretary of State James Baker, right, and former Rep. Lee Hamilton, hold a news conference. (Reuters)