That presentation was followed by public testimony on Aug. 3 by Gen. John P. Abizaid , the top American military commander in the Middle East , who told the Senate Armed Services Committee that the sectarian violence was '' probably as bad as I 've seen it , in Baghdad in particular '' and said if it was not stopped , '' it is possible that Iraq could move towards civil war . ''
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