Blowback: US-jilted Chalabi, who helped BushCo's fraudulent case for war, is rising in Iraq

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from the Los Angeles Times:



Iraqi politician's star rising again
Former U.S. ally Ahmad Chalabi has defined the agenda for the elections and is eyeing parliament.

By Liz Sly
February 28, 2010


Reporting from Baghdad - Ahmad Chalabi, the onetime Pentagon darling who helped the Bush administration make the case for invading Iraq, is in a good mood as he settles into the back seat of his armored SUV to head out on the campaign trail. He ought to be.

As chief architect of the move to disqualify hundreds of candidates accused of ties to the outlawed Baath Party, Chalabi has defined the agenda for the upcoming Iraqi national elections. In doing so, he has thwarted five years of U.S. policy in Iraq aimed at reconciling the Sunni and Shiite Muslim sects and gotten his revenge against America for dumping him as its favorite back in 2004.

Now, with events all going his way, the former exile has a good chance of reentering parliament as a leading candidate for the main Shiite coalition, and perhaps to secure a top job in the next Iraqi government.

Chalabi, a secular Shiite, doesn't downplay the significance of his estranged American allies' failure to get the disbarments, mainly of Sunni Arab and secular candidates, overturned. .........(more)

The complete piece is at: http://www.latimes.com/news/nation-and-world/la-fg-iraq-chalabi28-2010feb28,0,4916427.story

[FreakinDJ]

1. As usual - comes back to bite us in the ass

[spanone]

2. is chalibi a cheney plant?

[90-percent]

3. wacky

That wacky "hero in error" is at it again!

-90% jimmy