Chalabi Appointe Minister of Oil

[thefriendlytipster]

This is huge news. I wonder if Bush will be asked about this at tonight's press conference?

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Iraq's choice of Ahmad Chalabi as acting oil minister has raised concerns that he is not the best person for the job because he has little energy experience and was once convicted of bank fraud, U.S. energy experts said on Thursday.

Oil is Iraq's chief source of revenue as the nation struggles to rebuild. Iraq now produces about 1.9 million barrels of crude oil a day and will try to boost output as it slowly repairs and replaces obsolete technology.

"You are to some extent, from the perceptions of many Iraqis, putting a fox in charge of the henhouse," said Anthony Cordesman, referring to Chalabi. Cordesman is a Middle East expert at the Center for Strategic and International Studies based in Washington.

Chalabi is taking over the ministry at a critical time. It must make decisions on which companies get preference for oil sales, which contracts are honored and which will be renegotiated. The ministry also faces frequent sabotage against its oil pipelines.


"(Chalabi) is going to make it extremely easy for people to make charges about corruption and raise questions on how the oil money is distributed," said Cordesman.

http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=topNews&storyID=8338390

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[Turbineguy]

1. Too bad

they executed Ted Bundy. They could have put him in charge of Womens Rights or something.

[gizmo1979]

2. oh man fox in charge of the hen house.

Would you even buy a used car from that guy.I don't know what it is about him,but just looking at him he looks seedy.

[Hand]

3. Not to worry...

Imperial Viceroy Zalmay Khalilzad (R-Unocal) is on the job to show the minister how to proceed... Remain calm; all is well. :sarcasm:

[RBHam]

4. Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha!!!!!

What a FUCKING JOKE!!!

And STILL America sleeps...

[LynnTheDem]

5. No worries, he won't hold that job long. 99.999% of Iraqis view Chalabi

as bush's boy and they know Chalabi hadn't set foot in Iraq since he was a baby, prior to bush flying him into Iraq in 2003. They also know Chalabi is hugely responsible for giving bush the WMD bushit to invade, occupy, kill a whole lot of Iraqis and destroy the entire country.

Come on out of the Green Zone, Chalabi. Just for 5 minutes. Wave to the Iraqi people, Chalabi. And smile that smug "thanks, suckers!" smile you do so well.

[Finder]

6. Ridiculous...

I thought it was a joke when I first read this.

[Dangerman]

7. THAT SLEAZY SON OF A BITCH!!!

That Chalabi guy really beginning to piss me off!!!

[Gin]

8. the wolf guarding the hen house......this is nothing more than a cosmic

joke.....I give up...beam me up scotty!