Chalabi is defeated at polls

[BadGimp]

Chalabi is defeated at polls

U.N. official says Iraqi elections credible and should stand
By Patrick Quinn
ASSOCIATED PRESS

2:24 p.m. December 28, 2005

BAGHDAD, Iraq – Ahmad Chalabi once argued that Saddam Hussein had doomsday weapons and that Iraq needed liberation and democracy. With that new freedom, the people of Iraq have now decided to vote him out of office.
Preliminary results of the Dec. 15 elections indicate that Chalabi, a deputy prime minister and secular Shiite who had been pegged as a possible prime minister in the next government, will not be re-elected to the new 275-member parliament, his office said Wednesday.

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But he fell from grace after his claims that Saddam possessed weapons of mass destruction were discredited. U.S. forces last year raided Chalabi's Baghdad office after he was accused of giving U.S. intelligence to Iran.

In the months leading up to the recent election, however, the 60-year-old consummate insider had slowly been working his way back. In November, he met in Washington with Vice President Dick Cheney, Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld and Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice.

http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/world/iraq/20051228-1424-iraq.html

condt..................................

Seems the coattails of BushCo doomed even Chalabi...HA HA!

[TallahasseeGrannie]

1. This is a good thing, no?

[Aimah]

5. Chalabi is a theif and a liar.

It is a good thing.

[saigon68]

11. He is a scum sucking DOG

and a girly man

[DRoseDARs]

2. This was news a few days ago; literally got 0.36% of the votes...

...and we also learned he was going to be an oil minister.

[DoYouEverWonder]

3. Does this mean that Chalabi doesn't get to be

Minister of Oil anymore?

[BadGimp]

4. it's now official

His alignment with the BUshistas doomed him.

Of course there was the matter of him being a lying scum bag con man traitor..that might have played into the voters decisions. Just thinking out loud.

[0007]

15. Who is that guy right underneath junior?

I would hope you could get a few senators in that bottle along with Ralph Reed.

[SkiGuy]

6. None of this is good

Now we have Iran-friendly Shiites. Has this admin tried diplomacy at all?? That actually may work, but it might be too late.

[HysteryDiagnosis]

9. Perhaps our Congressmen can tell us how this makes us a

safer nation? If they can't, then they/shrubco and others should hit the friggin road.

[EFerrari]

21. These guys were never interested in diplomacy.

This is the blunt force misAdministration, undeterred by their incompetence, arrogance or ignorance.

The best we can do is get them and us the hell out of Iraq, for everyone's sake.

[pinniped]

7. Serves that double-secret triple Iranian agent right.

.

[Disturbed]

8. I still suspect that Ahmed will worm his way into a..

position with the Iraqi Govt. He has in his possesion tons of Saddam's secret documents that he uses as a weapon to gain entrance to the power structure.

[mom cat]

10. I saw speculation that Cahlibi will head Oil Ministry.

Not a bad consolation prize, huh?

December 27, 2005
Chalabi to take over oil ministry? So the FT hears:

Meanwhile, Iraqi oil officials quoted by Dow Jones said yesterday that the deputy prime minister Ahmed Chalabi would take over the oil ministry, replacing Ibrahim Bahr al-Ulum, who has taken a month’s leave. Mr Bahr al-Ulum is reported to be disgruntled with the current government and earlier this month threatened to resign over a rise in oil prices.

(Thx to reader SH).

Posted by Laura at December 27, 2005 04:21 PM
link:
http://www.warandpiece.com/blogdirs/003374.html
This was posted on DU yesterday:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x5697812

[Hardrada]

19. Or his helicopter might mysteriously crash.

He'd best take his ill-gotten gains to Zurich!

[PatriotGames]

12. LOL n/t

[UTUSN]

13. Well, AlRIGHTy Then. n/t

[DemonFighterLives]

14. Nom #5 Bye bye Chalabi

I hope this ends his little saga.
:woohoo:

[Vidar]

16. One less whore for bush to pimp.

[Up2Late]

17. YES!

:woohoo: :applause: :rofl: :spray:

[BiggJawn]

18. Recount!

Chalabi was supposed to win by 26 points! there must be something wrong!

Oh....They used PAPER BALLOTS!!!

[Hekate]

20. Iraqis seem to know a crook when they see one

Kudos to them.

I'd like to say Chalabi has had his 15 minutes of fame and can now fade away, but with Dubya for a friend he just might have another job he can screw up in.

Hekate