[steve50]

Isn't this the same Chalabi that was convicted of bank fraud in Jordan?

[BJClinton]

...the arsenal of democracy...

I'm surprised the Telegraph would admit that about us.

[solzhenitsyn]

"the De Gaulle of Iraq?" You mean the guy who steps in and takes credit after America liberates his country?

He sounds OK, though.

[aculeus]

Let's-hope-so bump.

[Neophyte]

Methinks, Saddam has to be eradicated by the US without any Chalabi-Schmalabi participation.

Usama was also a businessman.

And the worst enemy of the America's enemies.

And?

[Thinkin' Gal]

The only explanation for Abdullah's "bad manners" towards his uncle is that "he is so much under the thumb of Saddam". Mr Chalabi claims that Abdullah has been friendly with Uday, Saddam's son, for a long time: before Abdullah's accession, they were fishing companions, and Uday presented the new king with three Porsches. Mr Chalabi accuses Abdullah of evading sanctions and playing a "double game" with the West, allowing intelligence agencies to recruit Iraqi agents in Jordan, but also passing sensitive information to Saddam, including warnings of an impending coup in 1996.

"King Abdullah has become Saddam's lawyer in America. He defends Saddam and uses every opportunity to warn off any American attempt to help the Iraqi people liberate themselves. I think it is time that people here know what their supposed friends are doing to shore up Saddam's regime."

Ten bucks on the stern-faced king. Chalabi is a day late and a dinar short.