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Iraq's Ahmad Chalabi, leading voice behind 2003 war, dies
BAGHDAD (AP) Ahmad Chalabi, a prominent Iraqi politician and leading advocate of the 2003 U.S.-led invasion to overthrow Saddam Hussein, has died of a heart attack, Iraqi state TV reported Tuesday.
The report said he died in Baghdad but did not provide further details on the circumstances of his death. He was 71.
Chalabi, a secular Shiite politician who lived in exile for decades, was a leading proponent of the invasion to topple Saddam and provided false information indicating that Iraq had weapons of mass destruction. He had close ties to many in the Bush administration, who viewed him as a favorite to lead Iraq after the 2003 intervention.
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2015/11/03/ahmad-chalabi-iraq-dies/75079794/
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Thanks for that much better obit. That picture of him sitting next to Bremer makes me want to vomit,
erronis
Nov 2015
#33
Good riddance. Although I will say, if Chalabi hadn't lied and been their useful idiot-
KittyWampus
Nov 2015
#17
If you'd call them a POS while they were living, no reason not to once they're dead.
Solly Mack
Nov 2015
#38