Ahmed Chalabi

US funds banker in run-up to Iraq war (AP)

yahoo.com     Mar 18, 2008   3 related          

AP - "The Man Who Pushed America to War" (Nation Books. 367 pages. $27.50), by Aram Roston: A brilliant young math prof who switched into banking and Middle East politics. ... By CARL HARTMAN, For The Associated Press 16 minutes ago "The Man Who Pushed America to War"...                    

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Bremer: Iraq War Architects Are ‘Running Away From Their Building’

thinkprogress.org     Mar 18, 2008   1 related          

In a CNN interview on Sunday, former Iraq occupation governor L. Paul Bremer responded to criticisms from Richard Perle and Douglas Feith, two of the Iraq war’s primary architects, of his decision to establish an extended American military occupation of Iraq, rather than handing over power...                    

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Iraq Five Years Later

plastic.com     Mar 18, 2008   187 related          

Plastic::Politics::War: Who here would have an opinion on THAT subject? ... It's been five years since the United States invaded Iraq and overthrew Saddam Hussein. Almost 4,000 American soldiers have died since then. Looking back, a lot of things went wrong: there were no...                    

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Trying to Fix Baghdad - US News and World Report

minstrelboy.blogspot.com     Mar 18, 2008          

: "BAGHDAD"The Abu Ghraib hospital was lucky, through government reconstruction funds, to receive a stereoscopic lens to allow the doctors there to perform surgeries on patients with injured eyes. If only it was just in Abu Ghraib," he tells the doctor.These types of...                    

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Of Course He Lied....

lefarkins.blogspot.com     Mar 17, 2008          

Did Ahmed Chalabi lie in order to press the United States to go into Iraq? Yes, he helped con the United States into a war, but that's hardly his problem; 4000 dead and a $12 billion/month in expenses is America's responsibility, not his.Chalabi's real sin was ignorance....                    

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The Tibetans no doubt wish they had an Ahmed Chalabi operating to save Darmsala and occupied Tibet…

prosandcons.us     Mar 18, 2008          

As one can see from BBC NEWS Asia-Pacific Chinese react to violence in Tibet.url, Han Chinese remain an authoritarian lot. Meanwhile, well-connected sympathizers of Tibetan brick throwers might be the next generation’s Ahmed Chalabis. In other words, how’s Chalabi any different from the...                    

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Neocon vs. realist in McCain foreign policy

heraldnet.com     Mar 17, 2008   153 related          

WASHINGTON -- Arizona Sen. John McCain is well known for scorching denunciations of Democrats who, he says, would raise the "white flag of surrender"... ... Both sides see him following their path if elected president By Paul Richter Los Angeles Times WASHINGTON --...                    

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Listen to Me! I Worked for Scoop Jackson!!! LISTEN!!!!11!

lefarkins.blogspot.com     Mar 17, 2008          

This paragraph is bad enough to be worth spending some time on:I did not believe the American-led coalition could prudently leave Iraq the day Baghdad fell. Coalition troops were essential to support a new Iraqi government.Translation: The people we turned Iraq over to...                    

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How to Destroy a Country in Five Years

newsvine.com     Mar 17, 2008   83 related          

"It reminds me of Iraq under Saddam," said a militant opponent of Saddam Hussein angrily to me last week as he watched red-capped Iraqi soldiers close down part of central Baghdad so the convoy of Iraqi prime minister Nouri al-Maliki might briefly venture into the city.                    

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How to Destroy a Country in Five Years

alternet.org     Mar 17, 2008   58 related          

This the fifth of Iraq's blood-sodden anniversaries since Bush invaded, and the country is now utterly ruined. ... "It reminds me of Iraq under Saddam," said a militant opponent of Saddam Hussein angrily to me last week as he watched red-capped Iraqi soldiers close down...                    

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