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To: Augustus Gloop who wrote (13329)	5/20/2004 7:34:18 PM
From: tejek	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 14610

And Bush will drain us dry! *************************************************** Chalabi's INC Received at Least $33 Million -Report Thu May 20, 2004 06:49 PM ET (Page 1 of 2) By Carol Giacomo, Diplomatic Correspondent WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States paid Ahmad Chalabi's Iraqi National Congress at least $33 million since March 2000, according to a congressional report made public on Thursday.** The report by the Government Accounting Office, the investigative arm of the U.S. Congress, found $33 million in funds from the State Department and did not include any funds from the Pentagon or other U.S. agencies, a congressional source told Reuters. Chalabi, a member of the U.S.-appointed Iraqi Governing Council, was once hailed by many in the Bush administration as the likely next leader of a post-Saddam Iraq. But he has taken a fall after increasingly clashing with Washington on issues like how much power would be handed over to Iraqis when the country regains sovereignty on July 1. U.S. officials this week said the Pentagon stopped funding the INC -- it had been giving roughly $340,000 a month -- with the final payment in May. On Thursday, U.S. troops and Iraqi police raided Chalabi's home in Baghdad and the INC offices. reuters.com