] A classified National Intelligence Estimate prepared for
] President Bush in late July spells out a dark assessment
] of prospects for Iraq, government officials said
] Wednesday.
]
] The estimate outlines three possibilities for Iraq
] through the end of 2005, with the worst case being
] developments that could lead to civil war, the officials
] said. The most favorable outcome described is an Iraq
] whose stability would remain tenuous in political,
] economic and security terms.
]
] "There's a significant amount of pessimism," said one
] government official who has read the document