(Chalabi, others) Special Guests of Mrs. Bush at the State of the Union

[ProSense]

Bush pushed Chalabi despite his corrupt past and look what happened

Special Guests of Mrs. Bush at the State of the Union

Dr. Adnan Pachachi President, Iraqi Governing Council Dr. Pachaci is President of the Iraqi Governing Council and President of the Iraqi Independent Grouping. He is former Foreign Minister and Permanent Representative to the United Nations.

Minister Hoshyar Zebari Iraqi Interim Foreign Minister Mr. Zebari is a member of the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP), and was the KDP's head of International Affairs before being named Iraqi Interim Foreign Minister on September 1, 2003. He holds a Masters Degree in Sociology from Essex University.

Dr. Ahmed Chalabi Iraqi Governing Council Member Dr. Chalabi is founder and head of the Iraqi National Congress (INC). He is also a mathematics professor and a businessman.

http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2004/01/20040120-5.html

The Rise and Fall of Chalabi: Bush's Mr. Wrong

Ahmad Chalabi may go down as one of the great con men of history. But his powerful American friends are on the defensive now, and Chalabi himself is under attack.



By Evan Thomas and Mark Hosenball
Newsweek

May 31 issue - For the hard-liners at the Defense Department, the raid came as a surprise. Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld and his senior deputies, Paul Wolfowitz and Douglas Feith, got the news from the media. When Iraqi police, guarded by American GIs, burst into the home and offices of Ahmad Chalabi and his Iraqi National Congress, looking for evidence of kidnapping, embezzlement, torture and theft, the men who run the Pentagon were left asking some uncomfortable questions. "Who signed off on this raid?" wondered one very high-ranking official. "What were U.S. soldiers doing there?" asked another, according to a source who was present in the room.

Until at least very recently, Chalabi had been the darling of these top Pentagon officials. How could it be that the men who run the most powerful military in the world could not know that their own troops were about to run a raid on a man once regarded as the hope of free Iraq? Just last January, Chalabi had been seated behind First Lady Laura Bush at the State of the Union Message. Now, according to intelligence officials, he is under investigation by the United States for leaking damaging secrets to the government of Iran.

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http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5040831

[Mythsaje]

1. Bush is so accustomed to corruption

his entirely arm could be gangrenous and he'd never even notice. When someone pointed it out, he'd resist any attempt to sever it because he still needed it, even after it became so bad it would be useless.

[lovuian]

2. WHOAH let me get this straight it was American GI's and Iraqi police

who raided his office and found he was an Iranian double agent... This just shows Rumsfeld may not be in as much control as he thinks!!!

Good for our guys!!!