Chalabi back in action in Iraq

[Barrett808]

Source: McClatchy Newspapers

Chalabi back in action in Iraq
By Nancy A. Youssef, McClatchy Newspapers

BAGHDAD- Ahmad Chalabi , the controversial, ubiquitous Iraqi politician and one-time Bush administration favorite, has re-emerged as a central figure in the latest U.S. strategy for Iraq .

His latest job: To press Iraq's central government to use early security gains from the surge to deliver better electricity, health, education and local security services to Baghdad neighborhoods. That's the next phase of the surge plan. Until now, the U.S. military, various militias, insurgents and some U.S. backed groups have provided those services without great success.

That the U.S. and Iraqi officials are again turning to Chalabi, this time to restore life to Baghdad neighborhoods, speaks to his resiliency in this nascent government. It's also, some say, his latest effort to promote himself as a true national advocate for everyday Iraqis.

Chalabi, in the run-up to the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq in March 2003 , provided White House and Pentagon officials and journalists with a stream of bogus or exaggerated intelligence about Iraq's weapons programs and ties to terrorism. He also suggested that he'd lead Iraq to make peace with Israel and welcome permanent U.S. military bases, which could apply pressure to Iran and Syria .

Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/s/mcclatchy/20071028/wl_mcclatchy/20071028bcusiraqchalabi_attn_national_foreign_editor_ytop

[acmavm]

1. Well I'll be go to hell. The lying son of a bitch just never goes away.

Why hasn't a damn al Quaeda bullet solved this problem for us? You would think he'd be the biggest target in the entire country.

[arewenotdemo]

4. One would think so. He must have quite a private army...

of US-paid mercenaries.

[Amonester]

14. Like *, he's a close friend of al CIAda.

And like al CIAda, he never said no to unlimited illegal funding from the cheneymafia.

[IndianaGreen]

2. Why can't he join those compatriots of his that died in the aftermath of US invasion?

Over 4,000 GIs died on account of Chalabi's lies.

[saigon68]

3. He is an evil troll of a Man

Who has bilked the US taxpayer out of millions. Which were spent on drugs women etc

[underpants]

5. 1. This is yet another in a stream of bad ideas 2. The US doesn't trust the local governments

1. Chalabi is never going to be trusted by any of the Iraqis who stayed during the Sadam years. None of the expatriates will be trusted. This is Chalabi totally playing the US command and Bush yet again.

2. I read into that that the local governments, which almost everyone agreed were actually working, are not trusted by the US command and the White House. They don't have a hand on that spigot if you will so they are trying to consolidate power in the central government which also allows for massive corruption and lots and lots of money going missing (see Custer Battle).

[tabasco]

6. He couldn't be out of money already!

Christ, he stole about a billion last time.

[RamboLiberal]

7. Saw him on network news video tonight

sitting there next to Petraeus meeting with tribal leaders. I think this b*stard will end up being the Neocons puppet to run Iraq yet.

[0007]

8. Not a doubt in my mind!

[Javaman]

9. Ladies and Gentlemen, our new Teflon Don! nt

[Roland99]

10. Let's harken back a few short years and check on Kindasleazy's Lies comments re: Chalabi >>>>

FBI Investigating Chalabi Espionage Claim
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,121494,00.html

"Mr. Chalabi has had a difficult relationship with the government recently, but nothing is forever," National Security Adviser Condoleezza Rice (search) told Fox News Wednesday. "It's not what his relationship is with us, it's what his relationship is with the Iraqi people."


"Chalabi's future in Iraq is up to the Iraqis," she told Fox.

On Hill, Rice Pledges Probe Of Alleged Chalabi Leak
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A11043-2004Jun2.html

National security adviser Condoleezza Rice yesterday promised Congress a full investigation into allegations that an Iraqi politician supported by the Pentagon told Iran the United States had broken the code it used for secret communications, and U.S. officials said the revelation destroyed an important source of intelligence.

...

In an appearance on ABC's "Good Morning America," Rice said, "I can't comment on intelligence matters, but I can say that we have had a relationship with Mr. Chalabi in the past that's been strained recently."

Criminals...one and all.

[Roland99]

11. Gen. Petraeus just praised the WMD fabricator....

http://rawstory.com/news/2007/Guess_whos_back_in_Iraq_1029.html


wheeeee!!!


I'm sure the corruption in the Iraqi gov't will come to a screeching halt now!!

[lovuian]

12. I thought he was a double agent for Iran

guess he's our agent now

[Prisoner_Number_Six]

13. Gearing up a new generation of death squads?

That man is too evil for Hell. God should devise a newer, darker, more painful place for him and his ilk to spend eternity.

[Disturbed]

16. Ahmed Chalabi is a clever Con Artist.

He might be Iraq's next PM. Stranger things have happened.

[doubleplusgood]

15. you mean Ahmad "Jalopy" ?