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To: IQBAL LATIF who wrote (46231)	5/21/2004 6:08:55 AM
From: IQBAL LATIF	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 50167

How Chalabi has irritated the administration by: • Holding up approval of a transitional constitution for Iraq and opposing repeal of a religion-based law that denied women equal rights. His efforts, though unsuccessful, were seen as an attempt to ingratiate himself with conservative Shiite Muslims. • Criticizing the U.S. decision to let senior United Nations envoy Lakhdar Brahimi choose nominees for a caretaker government to run Iraq from July 1 until elections early next year. Chalabi accused Brahimi of anti-Israel views. • Forging ties with pro-Iranian Shiite Muslim groups, including followers of Muqtada al-Sadr, a militant cleric whose Mahdi Army militia has been battling U.S. troops. Throughout much of its relationship with him, the United States has been willing to shrug off Chalabi's past as a convicted felon disliked and mistrusted by many in the Arab world. In 1992, Chalabi, whose family fled Iraq when he was a teenager, was sentenced in absentia by Jordan to 22 years in prison on 31 counts of embezzlement and bank fraud. But Chalabi's close relationship with Iran, the only neighboring state that regularly deals with him, is now a further cause of concern in Washington. U.S. officials have recently cited fears that Chalabi's ties could endanger U.S. operations in Iraq. seattletimes.nwsource.com