Eight Tested for Poison that Killed Russian Ex-Spy

November 28, 2006 -- Exiled Russian Oligarch and Friend of Poisoned Spy Fears for His Life
The exiled Russian oligarch, who has accused Russian President Vladimir Putin of being behind the murder of former Russian agent Alexander Litvinenko, told ABC News recently that he fears for his life. (ABC News)

Baghdad Hospital Blasts Kill Four
Two car bombs outside one of Baghdad's main hospitals have killed four people and injured at least seven others, Iraqi security officials say. (BBC)

Hezbollah Said to Help Shiite Army in Iraq
A senior American intelligence official said Monday that the Iranian-backed group Hezbollah had been training members of the Mahdi Army, the Iraqi Shiite militia led by Moktada al-Sadr. (NY Times)

Bush: Iraq Violence is al-Qaida Plot
President Bush said Tuesday that an al-Qaida plot to stoke cycles of sectarian revenge in Iraq is to blame for escalating bloodshed, refusing to debate whether the country has fallen into civil war. (AP)

Analysis Report: Iraqi Force Development and the Challenge of Civil War
Iraq is already in a state of at least limited civil war, and may well be escalating to the level of a major civil conflict. What began as a small resistance movement centered on loyalists to the Ba'ath and Saddam Hussein has expanded to include neo-Salafi Sunni terrorism, become a broadly based Sunni insurgency, and now a broader sectarian and ethnic conflict. (Center for Strategic and International Studies)

Anbar Picture Grows Clearer, and Bleaker
The U.S. military is no longer able to defeat a bloody insurgency in western Iraq or counter al-Qaeda's rising popularity there, according to newly disclosed details from a classified Marine Corps intelligence report that set off debate in recent months about the military's mission in Anbar province. (Washington Post)