It’s official. NBC says Iraq is in the depths of a “civil war.” Other networks are yet to follow suit. From Yahoo:

Matt Lauer said on the “Today” show that “after careful consideration, NBC News has decided that a change in terminology is warranted, that the situation is Iraq with armed militarized factions fighting for their own political agendas can now be characterized as civil war.

In related news, Guns-N-Roses (who, you may remember, “don’t need no civil war”) are playing the Rosegarden on December 11. I hope Axl makes some reference to the fact.