Raimondo vs. Chalabi

[Dancing_Dave]

Zery, zery interesting, well-researched piece of writing!
http://antiwar.com/justin/

Three good paragraphs:

"As blowback from the lies that duped us into war plunges Washington into a maelstrom of investigations and counter-investigations, Ahmed Chalabi adds insult to injury by making a return trip to the Imperial City. He's staying at the ritzy-glitzy Ritz-Carlton, where he's staked out a whole bloc of rooms at (U.S.) taxpayers' expense, and is slated to meet with Dick Cheney, Condi Rice, Treasury Secretary John Snow, and the Chalabi fan club over at the American Enterprise Institute.

"Gee, that's funny: I could've sworn Chalabi was under investigation for turning over highly sensitive U.S. intelligence to the Iranians, and had his Iraqi home and headquarters raided by American and Iraqi troops last year. Not to mention the fabrications he retailed to New York Times reporter Judith Miller, who reported them as fact and plastered them all over the front page of the "newspaper of record."
...

"Pardon my political incorrectness, but I just can't take Senator Durbin's outrage all that seriously. Both parties collaborated in the rise of the scamster Chalabi and in the fateful invasion that catapulted him to the top of the new Iraqi government. If the Democrats are really going to launch the much-vaunted "phase two" of the SSCI investigation into how officials "misused" intelligence and perhaps even fabricated the rationale for war with Iraq, they are in large part promising to investigate themselves and their own collusion with the Republicans, not only more recently but as far back as the Clinton years. "

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So are some Democrats REALLY going to do a thorough investigation of "the lies that led us into war"? I'll believe it when I see it.

[Dancing_Dave]

1. Is anyone going to dare to answer this?

How many people at DU even have the curiosity to put some real time into figuring out what's really happening in Iraq? Just checking.

[Disturbed]

2. Ahmed Chalabi should be charged with Fraud.

He is a lying, criminal scumbag. He fits right in with the Bush Regime.

Commentary: Chalabi's road to victory
By ARNAUD DE BORCHGRAVE
UPI Editor at Large

WASHINGTON, March 29 (UPI) -- With only three months to go before L. Paul Bremer trades in his Iraqi pro-consul baton for beachwear and a hard-earned vacation, the country's most controversial politician is already well positioned to become prime minister.

Ahmad Chalabi, the Pentagon's heartthrob and the State Department's and CIA's heartbreak, has taken the lead in a yearlong political marathon. Temporary constitutional arrangements are structured to give the future prime minister more power than the president. The role of the president will be limited because his decisions will have to be ratified by two deputy presidents, or vice presidents. Key ministries, such as Defense and Interior, will be taking orders from the prime minister.

Chalabi holds the ultimate weapons -- several dozen tons of documents and individual files seized by his Iraqi National Congress from Saddam Hussein's secret security apparatus. Coupled with his position as head of the de-Baathification commission, Chalabi, barely a year since he returned to his homeland after 45 years of exile, has emerged as the power behind a vacant throne. He also appears to have impressive amounts of cash at his disposal and a say in which companies get the nod for some of the $18.4 billion earmarked for reconstruction. One company executive who asked that both his and the company's name be withheld said, "The commission was steep even by Middle Eastern standards."
http://www.upi.com/inc/view.php?StoryID=20040329-094918-2616r

[The_Casual_Observer]

3. Chalabi must be on the top of the list.

[Dancing_Dave]

6. The British foreign Minister is dealing with Jaafari

Another clue:
http://www.iraq-war.ru/article/69679

[Dancing_Dave]

4. Chalabi faces Protests as he resurfaces in Washington

FYI
http://www.iraq-war.ru/article/69637

It seems that the Bush-Cheney Junta may be exploring the possibility of a secret deal with Iran negotiated with Calabi. Russia and maybe China seem to have passed some messages to our Junta, strongly dissuading them from invading Iran. A principle of Bush policy:
"If you can't invade 'em, do a trecherous back room deal with 'em."

[KoKo]

5. Durbin says he didn't vote to Invade Iraq. He really ripped into Chalabi

today. But, we who were here on DU remember only two people out on the Senate Floor day after day trying to STOP Iraq Invasion.

Senator Byrd was #1 and get's no mention or credit...and #2 was Teddy Kennedy who went so far as to DEBATE John Warner (R:VA) about why NOT TO INVADE IRAQ.

The complicity of Chalibi with both Dems and Repugs probably has more to do with individual members who are now trying to do major "butt covering" like those Ass Dems Lieberman and Biden...but there are other "Big Names"...like the ones who appear on the Sunday Pundit shows to look at.

There are others who "went along" because they got caught up in the "Big MO" of 9/11 and lets face it...the crew we have in the Congress these days is far less intellectual than those who served in the past. The LOBBYISTS RUN BOTH PARTIES.

We are in a very sad fix. :-(

[The Magistrate]

7. Locking

Unacceptable source.