omg!....Ahmed Chalabi is Sworn in as Member of Iraqi Parliment?!?

Yeah that will fly in Iraq... :eyes:. I want to know why this man is not in prison in the USA right now?!? Where the hell is Joe Biden on this, he hates Chalabi...... :grr:

http://www.rnw.nl/hotspots/html/irq040903.html

Meanwhile in Baghdad...

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More of the same
Initially, 19 of the 100 seats have been reserved for members of the American-installed Governing Council, which was dissolved on June 28 to make way for the current interim government of Prime Minister Iyad Allawi. For many Iraqis, both the interim government and the interim National Assembly, stuffed with government supporters, are just an extension of the now defunct Governing Council, which was heavily dominated by American-backed Iraqi exiles.


One of its most prominent former members was Ahmed Chalabi. For a long time he was considered the US's favourite to become the new leader of Iraq. But a few months ago, he fell from grace amidst accusations of fraud and forgery and an arrest warrant was issued against him. Those charges have apparently been dropped, allowing Mr Chalabi to be sworn in as member of the interim parliament on Wednesday shortly after a botched attempt on his life.

Sceptics
Mr Chalabi's sudden return to grace - or at least to respectability - is set to strengthen scepticism about the new parliament whereas the assassination attempt highlights another key problem: chronic insecurity and violence. This violence originated from forces resolutely opposed to the American-led occupation and to any individual or institution collaborating with the Americans. None of these forces are represented in the interim parliament.

It is true that an effort has been made to reflect Iraq's ethnic and religious diversity within the Assembly. One fifth of its members, including the speaker, are Kurds, half of them are Shi'a, and almost a quarter are Sunni. Besides, some 25 percent of the delegates are women.

Power to the people.........err, I mean...........power to the puppet regime.

for him....now he is an official????....well...ElSadr will be part of the group too...so he will be in good company.

Only the cabal can create a bigger mess than SH.

WTF? Is this news source reliable?

You know I do remember seeing a photo on Yahoo Wednseday shortly after the assasination attempt on chalabi. It showed him at the Parliment meeting with the other members. I remember thinking wtf is he doing there and not in jail. It turns out the puppet government apparently dropped all charges against him! This is truly truning out to be a bigger fuck up than I thought idiotface* capable of.

and that Chalabi would be resurrected from his ashes. I don't know if it was Wayne Madsen or someone else. When I read that I was skeptical...but lo...here he is. NeoConMen Rule!

It could also mean that the Bushies want him assassinated before he has a chance to be prosecuted, though. Covering up their tracks in the whole Spygate drama..:shrug:

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