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Will this man be *our man in Iraq*?
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08/04/2003 07:26:29
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They certanly wouldn't consult with Brazil about that. :)

>Ahmed Chalabi... or just another "mistake"?
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>"Washington's official line - reiterated on Sunday by a leading hawk, Deputy Defence Secretary Paul Wolfowitz - is that the US is not going to install any one particular group to run the new Iraq."
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>"But this is unlikely to quell suspicions among Mr Chalabi's critics that the Pentagon is trying to give him a leading role - at the very moment when preparations for a post-war administration are moving into higher gear."
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>"Mr Chalabi has friends in high places. They include Vice-President Dick Cheney, the top men in the Pentagon and a number of prominent senators and congressmen."
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>http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/2925379.stm
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>"He has strong backing among some sectors of Congress and the Pentagon, but is thought to have little grassroots support in Iraq and a number of opposition groups have sought to distance themselves from the INC."
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>"According to the Qatari newspaper Al-Watan, Mr Chalabi and his movement "are failures and are not even qualified to run a grocery shop"."
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>http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/not_in_website/syndication/monitoring/media_reports/2291649.stm
--sb--
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