Fernando;

You used the term "our man in Iraq". That must mean Brazil wants to join the coalition. Here is an idea how Brazil can contribute to assist the “coalition” and rid itself of an internal problem at the same time. Send the Yamamoto Indians of Brazil to Iraq. They will kill and eat the Iraqis, shrink their heads and everyone will be happy.

Tom


>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