Posted on 11/08/2005 1:17:49 PM PST by rubeng
WASHINGTON, Nov 7 (Reuters) - The Iraqi politician most associated with the discredited prewar intelligence that has the Bush presidency in turmoil visits Washington this week as he maneuvers for advantage before Iraq's Dec. 15 elections.
Ahmad Chalabi, Iraq's deputy prime minister, is a former U.S. golden boy who for years was on the Pentagon payroll.
He fell from favor after the United States ousted Saddam Hussein but has proven a remarkable political survivor and is considered a likely candidate for prime minister.
Chalabi's visit will almost certainly provoke more debate over President George W. Bush's conduct of the war, which has contributed to a deep dive in his public approval ratings.
His ties to Iran -- and allegations that he may have passed U.S. secrets to Tehran -- helped estrange him from the Pentagon and other U.S. supporters. He denied the charges.
Chalabi visited Tehran at the weekend and met Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and other senior officials to discuss the Iraqi elections .
Chalabi said last week of the visit to the United States that it showed there was no "wall of ice" between him and the Bush administration ...
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If Time does not like him, chances are he is not so bad.
Hide the silverware!
The Iranian angle could be disinformation. Not that the guy is trustworthy anyway...
"The Iraqi politician most associated with the discredited prewar intelligence..."
No, his involvement was quite small compared to pre-war propaganda.
unbelievable! Are they laughing when they write this BS?
The Iraqi politician most associated with the discredited prewar intelligence that has the Bush presidency in turmoil providing further proof of the culture of corruption that defines every member of the Republican party often described by various eminently reliable Democratic politicians that you the reader should be voting for at every opportunity because to do anything else would soon put in jeopardy all you hold dear and bring about the calamitous destruction of the very planet we reside on visits Washington this week as he maneuvers for advantage before Iraq's Dec 15 elections.
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