Charges against Chalabi 'dropped' - Democratic Underground

seemslikeadream

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Wed Sep-01-04 12:44 PM
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Charges against Chalabi 'dropped'

Ahmed Chalabi, the Iraqi politician and former US favourite, has said that criminal charges against him in Iraq have been dropped.
A judge issued a warrant in August over an alleged counterfeit operation but no action was taken for Mr Chalabi's arrest when he returned to Iraq.

Mr Chalabi also announced that murder charges had been dropped against his nephew, Salem, currently out of Iraq.

The fact of the charges being dropped could not be immediately confirmed.
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/3618698.stm

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The_Casual_Observer

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Wed Sep-01-04 12:46 PM
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1. As if this is any surprise

Edited on Wed Sep-01-04 12:51 PM by The_Casual_Observer

I can't imagine how the case ever got that far.

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Dover

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Wed Sep-01-04 12:55 PM
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2. Hmmmmm.....not sure who is behind his release

Was he a bargaining chip in the recent Pentagon spy-gate 'discussions' between Perle, Wolfowitz, et al, and the FBI?
Or did Chalabi use muscle and bribes to work over the local judges in Iraq?

The assassination attempt tells me that SOMEONE isn't pleased.

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Tempest

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Wed Sep-01-04 12:58 PM
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3. There's a reason why the charges were dropped

Now he's an easy target for assassination.

There was an attempt on his life yesterday.

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MaineDem

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Wed Sep-01-04 01:02 PM
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4. Curiouser and curiouser

Charges dropped and an assassination attempt?

This smells more than just a tiny bit.

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nolabels

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Wed Sep-01-04 01:25 PM
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7. and more of the same?

Oh, what a tangled web we weave

Curiouser and Curiouser
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Sinistrous

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Wed Sep-01-04 01:15 PM
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5. Of course. It would be unseemly to have these charges pending

against the future "President" of Iraq.

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Dover

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Wed Sep-01-04 01:35 PM
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8. Well it didn't hurt Bush or Cheney.......

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sattahipdeep

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Wed Sep-01-04 01:18 PM
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6. See Indefinate...1. unclear; vague 2. lacking precise limits

3. uncertain; undecided....Dramamine anyone :hi:

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seemslikeadream

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Wed Sep-01-04 01:40 PM
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9. Yes please sattahipdeep

:hi:

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lebkuchen

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Wed Sep-01-04 01:42 PM
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10. In exchange for his brother bestowing upon the CIA more intel

while brother-dear is in a drunken stupor, as he was when providing to the FBI/CIA the "conclusive evidence" that Iraq needed the shit bombed out of it?

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