Chalabi's curtain call
The White House resets the stage yet again for the notorious Iraqi expatriate who helped cook the case for war.
By Juan Cole
On the street in Iraq, people give nicknames to the big longtime-expatriate politicians whom the Americans brought back to Iraq. They call former transitional Prime Minister Iyad Allawi "Iyad the Baathist" because of his background in that party. And they call Ahmed Chalabi "Ahmed the Thief." How appropriate that Chalabi has again made a splash in a Washington, D.C., that looks increasingly like a kleptocracy itself...http://tinyurl.com/825ag
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The White House resets the stage yet again for the notorious Iraqi expatriate who helped cook the case for war.
By Juan Cole
On the street in Iraq, people give nicknames to the big longtime-expatriate politicians whom the Americans brought back to Iraq. They call former transitional Prime Minister Iyad Allawi "Iyad the Baathist" because of his background in that party. And they call Ahmed Chalabi "Ahmed the Thief." How appropriate that Chalabi has again made a splash in a Washington, D.C., that looks increasingly like a kleptocracy itself...http://tinyurl.com/825ag
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