CIA: Chalabi Possibly Spied for Iran

[DarkPhenyx]

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,120535,00.html

CIA sources told Fox News there are reports that the INC passed information to Iran, but as far as what type of information, the sources said that isn't known for sure.

Defense officials also told Fox News there was speculation that INC members allegedly shared information with Iran (search) and misused funds and property belonging to the Iraqi Governing Council.

Very interesting. Let's not forget that Chalabi is also the same individual who passed us all the bogus "intelligence" Bush used to rook us into this war then laughed about it later saying, in effect, so what...it got done what I wanted done. Too late to cry about it now.

[greatauntoftriplets]

1. Doesn't FAUX check out CIA "leaks"

to determine if it is government propaganda? Yesterday, Chalabi was Iraq's savior. Today he is dirt. Didn't they know that little bank fraud thing in Jordan proved he was dirt before they started paying him the big bucks?

[Just Me]

17. Faux also just reported that BUSH ordered the raid. Hm. n/t

[hadrons]

2. Chalabi just covering his ass, err ... bases

[Judi Lynn]

3. Fickle friend, Bush!

May 21, 2004. 01:00 AM


Iraqi official believed to be spy
Chalabi aide's ties to Iran probed

Troops, police raid Baghdad offices


KNUT ROYCE
SPECIAL TO THE STAR

WASHINGTON—American officials believe Iraqi Governing Council member Ahmad Chalabi's intelligence chief — named in an arrest warrant issued during a raid of Chalabi's Baghdad home and offices yesterday — is an Iranian spy.

Intelligence chief Aras Habib Karim, 47, is a Shia Kurd who ran a program for Chalabi's Iraqi National Congress which the Pentagon funded to gather Saddam Hussein-era documents and provide informants until it abruptly dropped its support this month. The Information Collection Program had received $340,000 a month since October, 2002.

A U.S. intelligence source said information about Karim's activities came in part from a detainee at the military prison in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, where hundreds of Taliban and Al Qaeda fighters are being held.

And CBS television, citing unidentified senior U.S. officials for its information, said Chalabi had passed sensitive U.S. intelligence to Iran that could "get Americans killed."
(snip/...)

http://www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=thestar/Layout/Article_Type1&c=Article&cid=1085091009952&call_pageid=968332188854&col=968350060724

[DoYouEverWonder]

4. Could get Americans killed?

Excuse me, haven't we already killed over 780+ soldiers already because of Chalabi's lies?

[emad]

5. He has financial connections to heir of late Shah of Iran.

Chalabi convicted of 32 counts of bank fraud and sentenced to 22 years imprisonment by a Jordanian court in 1992.

Trying to find a link to the court papers in this case which detailed his 1980s attempts to bankroll a return of the Pahlavi dynasty to Iran.

[sistersofmercy]

6. And more from the snake pit

These people eat their own, just a bunch of blood thirsty, money grabbing sociopathic cannibals. Let's not forget the INC was set up through the CIA in Vienna under Papa Bush's watch just after GWI. I'm sure there's more to come on the subject matter from the Oh-it's-just-one-big-misunderstanding crowd, par for the course.

[Blue_Roses]

7. NO! REALLY?

:eyes: as if this is news...what did they expect from a crook...honesty...what a bunch of morons we have in this administration:eyes:

[Turbineguy]

8. Look at Chalabi

Don't look at Sharon

[Octafish]

9. Reagan & Bush sold arms to Iran and the terrorist Ayatollah Khomeini.

...at the same time they were arming Saddam Hussein and Iraq.

Small world.



And very, very bad.

[DarkPhenyx]

10. And the sold the arms through...

...Israeli contacts. Most curious that.

[Octafish]

15. Who will blackmail the blackmailers?

Interesting, too. GOOGLE "Amiram Nir." Israeli's version of Ollie North helped arrange "things" for the October Surprise, um, I mean Iran-contra paybacks then died in a tragic plane crash. In Mexico, of all places.

[DarkPhenyx]

16. Read the book by Gary Sick.

"October Surprise". It's very interesting.

[Octafish]

22. Sick's great. Also read "Trick or Treason" by Robert Parry.

... and "October Surprise" by Barbara Honneger and "My Turn to Speak" by bani Sadr. It should be required DU reading.

[hertopos]

11. Did everyone missed last night CBS evening news?

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2004/05/20/iraq/main618637.shtml

Check the above. It is actually the lead from 60 minutes and it's their exclusive.

I did not mentioned it since nobody is talking about this. Then my husband heard about it from Radio news and called me!! ( Radio get news from CBS.)

It is not Fox 's leads. It is originally from CBS.
Isn't it a big news? If so, why nobody is talking?

Hertopos

[DarkPhenyx]

18. For me it isn't big "news" per se.

I knew he was a shit heel long ago.

[Jim__]

12. Ah Ahmed, we barely knew ye

From the Washington Post:

"The vast majority of reports of his proximity to and influence on administration policy have been greatly exaggerated," said a senior administration official involved in Iraq policy who knows Chalabi. "The reality is that he was among a wide variety of Iraqi figures who made the case to an array of American officials over a period of time for the liberation of the Iraqi people."
- more ...

Another administration official was heard to ask, "Ahmed who?"

[CaptainClark23]

13. Breaking! Iran to Invade Denmark!

"Iranian military is on high alert today, and reserves are being called to active duty based on the latest data provided to Iranian intelligence officials by Mr. Chalabi. The thoroughly vetted and consistent testimony of one of Mr. Chalabi's contacts, a hairdresser in the City of Avlum-Haderup, clearly indicated that anti-Iranian Dutch terrorists are working on a plan to initiate a terrorist attack somewhere in Iran, at some time. Besides mobilising all of the country's armed forces, Iranian security officals are said to be on the lookout for anyone wearing wooden clogs and/or carrying tulips."


more to follow....

[treepig]

19. so you're saying that the dutch are now from denmark?

my oh my, what a confusing world it's become!

[CaptainClark23]

21. Hey, If Chalabi can play fast and loose with facts,

so can I! ;-)

that'll teach me to try and be witty before my morning coffee.

[Munnin]

14. New e-mail floating around

Chalibi: What right wingers told to convince people that the banking
conviction was fake.

Chalobby: The people in the pentagon who fell all over themselves to
help Ahmed.

LiberaCHun: US bulldozer's pulling down a statute in a photo op.

Weapons of Mass DistructCHun: What he promised we would find.

Iraqi National CHongress: filled with Challies of Chalabi.


Challies: paid friends.

ProsecuCHun: putting his well connected with the neocons nephew that he
never speaks to except every day in charge of war crimes.

InvestigaCHun: Hiding documents and files and creating an independent
inquiry headed by his accounting firm that was banned from doing
business in half a dozen companies.

Challiance - Passing information to Iran to get in good with the Dawa
party, because the security forces he had his people train turned out
to be disloyal and incompetent.

Chimpformation - Untrue stuff we paid 27 million for.

InformCHun - True stuff Iran got for free.

Iraqi Governing CHouncil - a group of people standing around waiting
for Chalabi to take power.

DemoCHaby - one where Chalabi is apointed to be head of government.

CHentral Bank of Iraq - Where millions of dinars disappear and are
siphoned into Chalabi's hands.

Chate of the Chunion - where Bush recites the Chimpformation that
Chalabi sold.

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Just goes to remind people that this executive can't even hire and fire
dictators. Rumsfeld embraced Saddam, and the Chalabi. We are only
fortunate we found out about him before he acquired WMD from Iran...

http://newberryforcongress.com/">Newberry for Congress Because Roy (for rent) Blunt does not deserve another term.

[Matilda]

20. Chalabi deserves whatever he gets.

But are they trying to set up Iran too?

[daleo]

23. Yes, that is probably the newsworthy part

It has been clear for a while that the BFEE is looking for a fall guy, and has decided to give Chalabi a screen test for the role. So, all this is just confirmation of the obvious. However, throwing Iran into the mix is interesting.

Chalabi's fall also provides a bit of diversion from the prison torture photos and videos. I wonder if there will be a Friday night news dump of more of these.

[Moderator]

24. Duplicate, and old news

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