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To: rrufff who wrote (11004)	5/22/2004 7:32:55 AM
From: Crocodile	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 20773

So Chalabi appears to have been a tool for Iran and this is how the US was somehow coerced to get rid of Saddam. I'm sorry to say that some of us in other countries never had any doubt about that. Many Iraqi refugees living in North America have been warning this all along, but how many were listening? Well, actually, some of us were listening: Message 20090016 May 4, 2004 "Chalabi.... What a piece of work. What has always amazed me to no end is that the guy smelled like a rat from Day One, and yet the U.S. bought his line of BS, hook line and sinker. Well, now it looks like all of the chickens are coming home to roost. Guess that's what you get when you choose to throw your hat into the ring with a crim."

To: rrufff who wrote (11004)	5/22/2004 11:28:02 AM
From: TigerPaw	Respond to of 20773

Chalabi has always been a neocon associate, beginning with the Iran/Contra where Chalabi was the principal contact on the Iran side. Clinton's pick for person most likely to overthrow Saddam was Mohammad Abdullah al-Shawani. He had an anti-Saddam group known as INA (Iraqi National Accord). They were an association of miltary defectors who had actually lived recently in Iraq and had some idea of the internal politics. Cut off from U.S. government funds, Chalabi turned to the right-wing think tanks like Coors and PNAC for funding his group (INC). Chalabi's ham-fisted politics was a major cause of the Kurds breaking into two factions and fighting each other instead of fighting Saddam. This happed just as the Clinton backed group (the INA) was organizing their coup from Jordan. news.bbc.co.uk The INA coup (June 1996) failed because Saddam knew it was coming. It now appears that Chalabi tipped off Saddam, because he did not want a coup let by the INA to succeed. This isn't a blame it on Clinton issue, this is yet another blame it on stupid neocons issue. TP