Black Dog Posted May 20, 2004 Report Posted May 20, 2004 Former White House favorite Ahmed Chalabi had his home and offices raided by US and Iraqi forces today. Link What a spectacular fall from grace for someone who's organization (the INC) helped fuel the neocon push for war and who had visions of leading the new Iraq. The Truth about Ahmed. Quote
KrustyKidd Posted May 21, 2004 Report Posted May 21, 2004 Right on!! Like I said, the US is trying to do this right and they are rooting out the rats. Quote We're Paratroopers Lieutenant. We're supposed to be surrounded - CPT Richard Winters
Black Dog Posted May 21, 2004 Author Report Posted May 21, 2004 Interesting point, KK, considering just 5 months ago, the "rat" in question was sitting next to Laura Bush at a banquet and was being hailed as the likely candidate for the leadership of the new Iraq. Odd that, despite Chalabi's shady dealings in the past (such as conviction for bank fraud in Jordan) and the Iraq National Congress' work in funneling false WMD claims to the media during the rush to war, it's only now that they are wising up to his crookedness. I suspect this is more about optics. Chalabi is very unpopular with Iraqis and was very much seen as America's catspaw in the Governing Council. By purging him, the White House/Pentagon are trying to salavage the credibility of their leadership. Quote
KrustyKidd Posted May 22, 2004 Report Posted May 22, 2004 I suspect it is more about him giving them crap int and the rest, anopportunity to make up for the prisoner stuff. He does make a good sacrificial lamb, just like Saddam did. Quote We're Paratroopers Lieutenant. We're supposed to be surrounded - CPT Richard Winters
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