[Keith in Iowa]

My suspicion was that we had someone in Iran that got thier mits on the stuff that got passed...

[kcvl]

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[kayak]

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[Tailgunner Joe]

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[claudiustg]

Chalabi, rug merchant extraordinaire! Where is the CIA and the FBI in all of this? Smokin' in the boy's room? And where would be the State Department?

[BigSkyFreeper]

I was suspicious of him from the start. It was a gut feeling I had.

[Remember_Salamis]

Gotta love the NY Post for falsifying quotes from Chalabi. If you read his statements, did NOT ONCE say the "US was trying to intimidate him". In fact, his statements were rather odd. Every time you would expect to hear "US", "CPA" was stated repeatedly over and over and over again. I understand where they made the confusion, but he naver accused the US of anything, just the CPA (who cannot stand him).

Furthermore, Chalabi stated "I am America's best friend in Iraq". Chalabi is trying to make it perfectly clear that he is no enemy of the US, only Viceroy Bremer and his State Department Hooligans.

[Use It Or Lose It]

Chalabi is supposed to appear on Fox News Sunday w/C Wallace. Let's see if he makes it to the studio. Keep an eye out for Jim Woolsey's comments in the next day or two. He was working with Chalabi for some time.

Will repeat what Jonathan Foreman (NY Post) said on Fox two nights ago. Chalabi had info on Oil for Food scandal with proof that Bremer was hiding incriminating stuff on UN officials. Since the UN is needed in coming months (and years), Bremer wants to look the other way and avoid problems with the UN. There were a few news blurbs a few weeks ago about Bremer withholding funds for the investigation that the Iraqi Governing Council had called for, independent of all other investigations.

[Finalapproach29er]

If the US were serious about this war, Ahmed would have a hole in his forehead.

We're just praying the Iraqi's can make peace with each other. Won't happen, regrettably. The tribal & self-hatred is too strong.

[NoControllingLegalAuthority]

The bottom line to me is our own intelligence is pretty much a joke. Here we are paying Middle East backstabbers good money for info and our country is mobilized on the strength of the lies of double-dealers.

I wouldn't trust any of these people in the Middle East to tell us the truth. I'm not sure these savage barbarians even understand the concept of objective truth.

Add to that the American people cannot even rely on the loyalty of our own State Department people and you end up with a world-class goat screw.

[wingman1]

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[mewzilla]

Jordan, huh? Gee, you don't suppose Brahimi benefits from this, do you? Not that I'm not all too willing to believe Chalabi capable of selling us out, but I could say the same for Brahimi, too.

[RAY]

It is simple, Middle Easterners never, never, never, act in good faith, period!

[syriacus]

Separated at birth.

I was for Iraqi freedom, before I was against it.

I sided with the Americans, until I sided with the enemy.

[kabar]

Just remember that Jordan backed Saddam in the Gulf War and acted as a conduit to sell illegal oil exports. There are wheels within wheels. I am skeptical about Jordan and its loyalties. Jordan was also not supportive of our invasion of Iraq and supplied "freedom fighters" who crossed the border to help Saddam.

[bilhosty]

Welcome to the Mid East. A world of plots and counter plots, of conspiracies and counter conspiracies. A haven for madmen,fanatics,thieves and survivors who stay out of the way or play both sides. A Byzantine world where treachery is the norm and where their are only friends of convenience. A culture where people are very incompetent except at cunning and propaganda. And where nothing is ever as it appears to be.

[McGruff]

For some reason he reminds me of this guy.

[mickie]

Bump for later read......

[hosepipe]

[ Chalabi accused the United States of trying to intimidate him at a time when he is speaking out against the U.S. occupation and threatening to go public with bombshell files on the U.N. oil-for-food scandal. ]

And Kerry wants to turn over Iraq to the U.N... and not a word from the administration on that.. A proper vetting of that should get Kerry laughed off the campaign circuit. Actually just get it started, and the comedians would do the rest. Are we taking october surprise or what ?..

[Homer_J_Simpson]

Chalabi aides running the new government's Finance Ministry are also accused of ripping off $22 million

This may see trivial, but wouldn't "stealing" be a better term for a serious newspaper?