The Man Who Convinced U.S. To Go To War In Iraq Could Be Its Next Leader
Click here for reuse options!To many in the West, [Ahmad] Chalabi, 69, is still the political operator who convinced the Bush administration that Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein had weapons of mass destruction, paving the way for the U.S.-led invasion of the country. But inside an Iraq dangerously on the verge of splintering, that invasion is almost ancient history. After almost a decade of being sidelined, the man who could not win a seat in parliament in 2005 and whose name once inspired insults scrawled on Baghdad walls has emerged as a serious contender to replace Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki..
Chalabi, who was paid by the CIA for six years as part of a futile covert effort to topple Saddam Hussein, also bats away claims that he was responsible for the incorrect intelligence about the Iraqi regime’s purported WMD stockpiles. He says his role was limited to putting informants in touch with the CIA for the agency to evaluate on its own…
Chalabi, perhaps disingenuously, says he isn’t seeking the prime minister’s job.
“What’s the point if there’s no plan?” he asks. “To put Iraq back together is very difficult. The points of this plan will be opposed violently by some Shiites because their concept is they are in power…. But we can’t conquer Sunni lands with Shiite militias. That’s one thing we need — a plan to stitch Iraq back together.”
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tiredoftea July 13th, 2014 at 12:12
Everything old is new again. Let’s hope he’s off the payroll this time around.
talibandan2010 July 13th, 2014 at 12:14
My guess? He’s never been off the PNAC-NeoCon payroll. Chalabi is their darling, a war enabler who, in a just world, would have been hanged for leading multiple nations into an unjustified war.
tiredoftea July 13th, 2014 at 12:30
Perhaps he’s been a ranch hand at Cheney’s place in Wyoming?
tiredoftea July 13th, 2014 at 12:12
Everything old is new again. Let’s hope he’s off the payroll this time around.
talibandan2010 July 13th, 2014 at 12:14
My guess? He’s never been off the PNAC-NeoCon payroll. Chalabi is their darling, a war enabler who, in a just world, would have been hanged for leading multiple nations into an unjustified war.
tiredoftea July 13th, 2014 at 12:30
Perhaps he’s been a ranch hand at Cheney’s place in Wyoming?
fahvel July 13th, 2014 at 12:19
hang em high!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
fahvel July 13th, 2014 at 12:19
hang em high!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Shades July 13th, 2014 at 14:10
What could possibly go wrong?
Shades July 13th, 2014 at 14:10
What could possibly go wrong?
Obewon July 13th, 2014 at 15:57
GWB / Cheney loves their puppet felons. Bank robber Chalabi is Iraq’s Cliven Bundy! Chalabi was convicted of embezzling $350 million and sentenced in absentia for Jordan’s Petra bank fraud by a Jordanian military tribunal. He faces 22 years in prison, should he again enter Jordan.
Obewon July 13th, 2014 at 15:57
GWB / Cheney loves their puppet felons. Bank robber Chalabi is Iraq’s Cliven Bundy! Chalabi was convicted of embezzling $350 million and sentenced in absentia for Jordan’s Petra bank fraud by a Jordanian military tribunal. He faces 22 years in prison, should he again enter Jordan.
Tommy6860 July 13th, 2014 at 16:26
He looks like Dick Cheney, so this fits. Maybe those among the domestic Tealiban should run that country. Open carry seems to be the norm there and radical religious beliefs and conspiracy theories abound.
fancypants July 13th, 2014 at 20:24
Hans blix had us all convinced there were WMDs and more ready for saddam to use
http://youtu.be/TpUh0Fdy7w0
fancypants July 13th, 2014 at 20:24
Hans blix had us all convinced there were WMDs and more ready for saddam to use
http://youtu.be/TpUh0Fdy7w0