Iraq's Chalabi Says Judge Drops Charges Against Him

cal04

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Wed Sep-01-04 09:38 AM
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Iraq's Chalabi Says Judge Drops Charges Against Him

Iraqi politician Ahmad Chalabi said Wednesday a judge had informed him that counterfeiting charges against him have been dropped.

Chalabi, a former U.S. ally, also told reporters an arrest warrant for his nephew Salem Chalabi, who was supervising Saddam Hussein's trial, had been reduced to a summons and he would return to Iraq to face it.

He was speaking hours after gunmen opened fire on his convoy as he returned to Baghdad from the southern city of Najaf. He escaped injury but two aides were wounded. Salem Chalabi was accused of murder. Both men denied the charges and said they were politically motivated.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A52264-2004Sep1.html?nav=headlines

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saigon68

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Wed Sep-01-04 09:40 AM
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1. Politicaly Motivated charge for murder

Hmmm--- as to Chalabi's nephew

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Rose Siding

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Wed Sep-01-04 10:22 AM
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2. Is Chalabi a dead man walking?

I can't believe we'll ever know the whole story.

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