Bush regime paying CHALABI MILLIONS for the lies he told to the US, to get

[radwriter0555]

us to invade iraq and topple saddam.

HUH?

U.S. paying group that gave false leads

The Bush administration continues to pay millions to the group that provided some questionable prewar intelligence on Iraq.
BY JONATHAN S. LANDAY, WARREN P. STROBEL AND JOHN WALCOTT
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WASHINGTON - The Department of Defense is continuing to pay millions of dollars for information from the former Iraqi opposition group that produced some of the exaggerated and fabricated intelligence President Bush used to argue his case for war.

The Pentagon has set aside between $3 million and $4 million this year for the Information Collection Program of the Iraqi National Congress, or INC, led by Ahmed Chalabi, said two senior U.S. officials and a U.S. defense official.

They spoke on condition of anonymity because intelligence programs are classified.

The continuing support for the INC comes amid seven separate investigations into prewar intelligence that Iraq was hiding illicit weapons and had links to al Qaeda and other terrorist groups. A probe by the Senate Intelligence Committee is now examining the INC's role.

The decision not to shut off funding for the INC's information gathering effort could become another liability for Bush as the presidential campaign heats up. It also suggests that some within the administration are intent on securing a key role for Chalabi in Iraq's political future.

CLOSE TIES

Chalabi, who built close ties to officials in Vice President Dick Cheney's office and among top Pentagon officials, is on the Iraqi Governing Council, a body of 25 Iraqis installed by the United States to help administer the country following the ouster of Saddam Hussein last April.

The former businessman, who lobbied for years for a U.S.-backed military effort to topple Hussein, is publicly committed to making peace with Israel and providing bases in the heart of the oil-rich Middle East for use by U.S. forces fighting the war on terrorism.

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[mandyky]

1. Chalabi is shrub's version of Saddam

Don't doubt for a moment, he'd be the leader if Cheeny and idiot boy had their way, and in 20 years he'd be the same or worse than Saddam.

[Old and In the Way]

2. We ought to send Chalabi a bill for $200BB dollars.

Seeing that his "information" was bullshit, we should demand our money back, with interest. I hope this story gets wide exposurer, Chalabi was a con-man and swindler that happened to tell this administration anything they wanted to hear.....our vetting of this kind of intelligence should be an election issue.

We didn't wonder about a guy who was convicted of embezzling $100MM's from a Lebonese bank?