U.S. Worried Over Iraqi Security Collapse

WASHINGTON [MENL] -- The U.S. intelligence community, despite a significant
drop in violence, has determined that Iraq could face a security collapse in
2009.
The intelligence community has been drafting a National Intelligence
Estimate that focused on the viability of Iraq's government and security
forces. Intelligence sources said the NIE warns that the government of Prime
Minister Nouri Al Maliki faces a series of threats that could spark a
Sunni-Shi'ite war.