Chalabi Becomes Political Winner in Iraq

[NVMojo]

BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) -- It's been a slow and steady return to the fold for Ahmad Chalabi, once disgraced and on the outs with both Iraqis and the Bush administration.

The former Washington favorite may have lost his bid to be Iraq's next prime minister on Tuesday, but he emerged after three days of haggling with the possibility of being named to a senior Cabinet post in the new government.

Tuesday began with Chalabi steadfastly confident he would end the day anointed by his political alliance as its candidate for prime minister.

His people said he had the numbers. Even as other contenders stepped down to preserve internal unity, Chalabi doggedly pressed ahead, determined to bring the haggling over a single candidate down to a secret ballot.

But ultimately the United Iraqi Alliance, led by cleric Abdel-Aziz al-Hakim, dropped the vote and insisted that Chalabi withdraw in favor of interim Vice President Ibrahim al-Jaafari.

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[KlatooBNikto]

1. So, Chalabi has decided to be the Cheney of Iraq. What should we

call his "embedded" companion, Judith Miller?The Empress-in-waiting?

[LynnTheDem]

2. Chalabi; conman, liar, forger, embezzler, Iranian spy, wanted criminal.

He's not been in Iraq since he was a baby, until BUSH flew him in.

No wonder he sat next to Laura bush at the SOTUA; he fits in perfectly with bush & Cabal.

The Iraqi people see him as nothing but a bushler and a hustler. The Iraqis aren't as ignorant and stupid as 60 million Americans.

[NVMojo]

5. it's disgusting, to say the least ....

[Racenut20]

3. Forcing only one candidate so there is no vote. Sounds like

Florida Republicans to me.

[Gin]

6. "WE" flew him in..........................we the people have financed this

crook for years....and I bet we still are in some backhanded way.

[hippiechick]

10. He'll just be called a 'despotic dictator with WMDs' in 10 years

... and whatever Bushco Regime is running what's left of America at that time will decide its imperative that we 'liberate' the Iraqi people from this criminal (and destroy any evidence of our complicity in his crimes along the way).

Same shit, different day.

[Matilda]

4. And this wasn't rigged?

n/t

[Disturbed]

7. After the election some here were asking...

Do you still think the Iraqi elections were rigged? At that time none could answer that question. Now it may be that they were. The party that won was spozed to get 58% but after nearly two weeks only got 48% which places them in the position of more compromise. So, Yeah, the election did not go against the U.S. as many first thought.

[NVMojo]

8. the shrub is taking America's democracy to the nations, rigged elections

would be part of that ....

[Pirate Smile]

9. Should we take bets on whether he ends up Interior Minister like Judith

Miller said BushCo was trying to get him to be?

"LAST Sunday, Times reporter Judith Miller appeared on MSNBC's "Hardball With Chris Matthews" to discuss the Iraqi elections. In the course of the conversation Miller said sources had told her the Bush administration "has been reaching out" to the Iraqi political figure Ahmad Chalabi "to offer him expressions of cooperation." She continued, "According to one report, he was even offered a chance to be an interior minister in the new government." This led Matthews to interrupt Miller, exclaim "Wait a minute!" and press her to elaborate."

http://www.navyseals.com/community/articles/article.cfm?id=5772

[NVMojo]

11. ...and that was the end of that exclamation ...