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  • goBigtime
    Confirmed User
    • Nov 2002
    • 7761
    #1

    Chalabi calls it quits after US raid of his home

    BAGHDAD (AFP) - Iraqi Governing Council member Ahmed Chalabi said his relations with the US-led Coalition Provisional Authority were "non-existent" after an overnight raid against his house.


    "My relationship with the CPA now is non-existent ..." he told reporters after claiming a firefight had narrowly been avoided between his guards and US-backed Iraqi police during the raid.

    "I am America's best friend in Iraq; if the CPA finds it necessary to direct an armed attack against my home you can see the state of relations between the CPA and the Iraqi people."

    The former Pentagon (news - web sites) favourite also called on US President George W. Bush (news - web sites) to hand over sovereignty to the Iraqi people without delay.

    "My message to the CPA is let my people go, let my people be free. We are grateful to President Bush for liberating Iraq (news - web sites) but it is time for the Iraqi people to run their affairs," he told a press conference.

    Source:
    http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=stor...2214&printer=1
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    • goBigtime
      Confirmed User
      • Nov 2002
      • 7761
      #2
      Ah.. maybe he was a bad guy:

      Ahmed Chalabi

      Dr. Ahmed Chalabi (also spelled "Ahmad") is part of a three-man leadership council for the Iraqi opposition group, the Iraqi National Congress (INC), which was created at the behest of the U.S. government for the purpose of fomenting the overthrow of Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein.

      Chalabi, a secular Iraqi Shiite Muslim and mathematician by training, previously served as chairman of the Petra Bank in Jordan, where he engaged in various cloak-and-dagger operations that ended abruptly in August 1989 when he fled the country "under mysterious circumstances" and in 1992 was convicted in absentia for embezzlement, fraud and currency-trading irregularities, sentencing him to 22 years' hard labour. [1],[2]

      In August 2003 a petition was circulating among Jordanian deputies to hold a special session soon in the 110-member house to demand the government take legal steps to seek Chalabi's extradition from Iraq. [3]

      During 2004 Chalabi's influence with the U.S. has waned to the point where government funding for him is likely to be discontinued.

      From:
      http://www.disinfopedia.org/wiki.pht...=Ahmed_Chalabi

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        • cosis
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          • Aug 2001
          • 5292
          #3
          mission accomplished

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            • smokingdawn
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              • Feb 2004
              • 2808
              #4
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                • Roger
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                  • Jul 2003
                  • 3181
                  #5
                  He is yet another bad guy who was supported by the US. Who saved his ass from jail? The US of course. He lobbied hard, provided fake intel and got them to invade Iraq. Now that he's realising that he's not so popular with Iraqis he's trying to become friends with Iran in order to get supports from the Shia. There are rumors he provided Iran with some US secrets.

                  In short, he's a thief who, thanks to lobbies and pressure groups, managed to get the US to bail him out from jail, give him a huge monthly salary and put him in a leadership position in Iraq. Now that things aren't going exactly as planned, he's turning on them. Big surprise from someone who was supposed to be rotting in jail somewhere in Jordan
                  Last edited by Roger; 05-20-2004, 09:55 AM.

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                    • Babel
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                      • Apr 2004
                      • 1457
                      #6
                      This guy needs to be hanged by the Iraquis

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                        • Babel
                          Confirmed User
                          • Apr 2004
                          • 1457
                          #7
                          The US is probably "concerned" over documents Chalabi might have and use to retaliate against Bush for being kicked out. But Chalabi is an experienced criminal and no doubt such documents have long ago been hidden in places the US will never look. This tells me that either Bush will face yet more scandals over the war, or Chalabi hasn't much longer to live.

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                            • Babel
                              Confirmed User
                              • Apr 2004
                              • 1457
                              #8
                              However, I still maintain he should be Hanged by Iraquis mob

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                                • Roger
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                                  • Jul 2003
                                  • 3181
                                  #9
                                  The title is misleading. "Chalabi calls it quits"? Yeah right, he'll do anything for power.

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                                    • directfiesta
                                      Too lazy to set a custom title
                                      • Oct 2002
                                      • 30151
                                      #10
                                      He received his last $US 300000.00 monthly payment early may. Payment was to supply "information" on Iraq ( you know, the WMD info...).

                                      The US don't need him anymore, so as usual they are trashing him ( tough he really is trash ).

                                      Not the first to be droped:

                                      - Noriega
                                      - Bin Laden
                                      - Kurds in Iraq
                                      ....
                                      Last edited by directfiesta; 05-20-2004, 10:00 AM.
                                      I know that Asspimple is stoopid ... As he says, it is a FACT !

                                      But I can't figure out how he can breathe or type , at the same time ....

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                                        • Doctor Dre
                                          Too lazy to set a custom title
                                          • Jan 2001
                                          • 51692
                                          #11
                                          Another thing that comes back in their face. They definitly need to stop using terrorist to go agaisn't their enemy . They are playng the exact same cards
                                          Originally posted by rayadp05
                                          I rebooted, deleted temp files, history, cookies and everything...still cannot view the news clip. All I see is that fucking gay ass music video from "Rick Roll". Anyone else have a different link to the news clip?

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                                            • loverboy
                                              When it rains, it pours
                                              • May 2003
                                              • 20609
                                              #12
                                              It seems US gets to pick who rules Iraq and not the coverning councli. Too bad, i don't see any liberation from this. Just another puppet administration for the Iraqi people.

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                                                • erehwon
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                                                  • Nov 2003
                                                  • 3759
                                                  #13
                                                  The one thing about Chalabi that really frosts my ass, is him and his group, Iraqi National Congress have been getting nearly $350K a month for piss-poor intelligence for the last two years leading up to the war and ending two days ago.

                                                  That intelligence was for shit, your own grandmother could have told the DIA something better about Iraq than the lies and bullshit Chalabi was feeding them.

                                                  I almost wouldn't be suprised if it wasn't Chalabi that ordered the car bombing that took out the head of the Iraqi Governing Consul eariler in the week.
                                                  Money NEVER $leep$...

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                                                    • dreamoore
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                                                      • May 2004
                                                      • 64
                                                      #14
                                                      Is this the same guy exiled by Iraq and then gave the US "info" on the WMD and other things which all ended up being wrong?

                                                      If that is the case then he was already on the outs with the US and had his chance at running Iraq taken away from him.
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                                                        • ADL Colin
                                                          Too lazy to set a custom title
                                                          • Feb 2001
                                                          • 11929
                                                          #15
                                                          Originally posted by directfiesta

                                                          Not the first to be droped:

                                                          - Noriega
                                                          - Bin Laden
                                                          - Kurds in Iraq
                                                          ....
                                                          Won't be the last either. Why it was only yesterday in the great history of the world when the British, French, and Israel attacked Egypt and the US tried to stop it in the UN. VETO.

                                                          Japan at war with the United States?
                                                          You don't say. Allies today.

                                                          The US at war with Britain? Oh, hell. We Americans started off that way.

                                                          Today's EU nations fighting each other? Caused a few world wars.

                                                          Shifting allegiances and strategic partners. No, really?

                                                          Ten minutes of flipping through any history book will tell you this is the norm, not the exception.
                                                          Last edited by ADL Colin; 05-20-2004, 10:18 AM.


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                                                            • Roger
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                                                              • Jul 2003
                                                              • 3181
                                                              #16
                                                              Originally posted by dreamoore
                                                              Is this the same guy exiled by Iraq and then gave the US "info" on the WMD and other things which all ended up being wrong?

                                                              If that is the case then he was already on the outs with the US and had his chance at running Iraq taken away from him.
                                                              Yes it's the same guy. He was actually supposed to be in jail in Jordan for theft.

                                                              The problem is that he ain't gonna quit. He's a dangerous man that can be a real pain in the ass for the US. He'll do anything for power. I mean look at how he was able to manipulate the US. He shouldn't be underestimated.

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                                                                • Nyght
                                                                  Confirmed User
                                                                  • Jul 2001
                                                                  • 438
                                                                  #17
                                                                  Originally posted by Roger
                                                                  Yes it's the same guy. He was actually supposed to be in jail in Jordan for theft.

                                                                  The problem is that he ain't gonna quit. He's a dangerous man that can be a real pain in the ass for the US. He'll do anything for power. I mean look at how he was able to manipulate the US. He shouldn't be underestimated.
                                                                  More like our administration is done with using him and his group for an excuse to invade and now he is on the outs. Just sop like always.

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                                                                    • Fukeneh
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                                                                      • Mar 2004
                                                                      • 1245
                                                                      #18
                                                                      someday all of this will be revealed in a made for TV movie

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                                                                        • Mr.Fiction
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                                                                          • Feb 2002
                                                                          • 9484
                                                                          #19
                                                                          Chalabi Passed U.S. Intelligence to Iran -CBS

                                                                          Ahmad Chalabi, Washington's former top Iraqi ally whose house in Baghdad was raided by U.S. troops on Thursday, passed sensitive U.S. intelligence to Iran that could "get Americans killed," CBS Evening News said.

                                                                          "Senior U.S. officials told us today that they have evidence Chalabi has been passing highly classified U.S. intelligence to Iran," the report said on Thursday.

                                                                          "The evidence shows that Chalabi personally gave Iranian intelligence officers information so sensitive that if revealed it could ... 'get Americans killed.' The evidence is said to be 'rock solid."'

                                                                          http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmp...labi_report_dc

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