Ahmed Chalabi

Ahmed Chalabi: Conning America

Barry Lando | Posted 02.18.2012

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Barry Lando

Arrows of the Night, written by 60 Minutes producer Richard Bonin, is a chilling chronicle of how the charismatic Iraqi exile was able to con everyone from the New York Times to Dick Cheney.

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Shadow Elite: Libya and the Consummate Shadow Lobbyist -- Neocon Richard Perle

Janine R. Wedel | Posted 05.25.2011

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Janine R. Wedel

No matter what shadow lobbyists try to portray, or how often they try to fly under the radar, they are, indeed, lobbyists, whether for their own ideological cause or simple financial interest. They need to be held to account.

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Shadow Elite: March to War -- Is Ahmed Chalabi Under Iran's Thumb?

Janine R. Wedel | Posted 05.25.2011

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Janine R. Wedel

In the case of Ahmed Chalabi, we saw an unelected power broker, not even a U.S. citizen, exerting enormous influence over our decision to go to war. That he's now said to be influenced by Iran comes as no surprise.

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Movie Review: Green Zone

Marshall Fine | Posted 05.25.2011

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Marshall Fine

Green Zone is a movie which, given a stronger sense of purpose, might have recounted exactly those failings and shown in stark relief how we were hoodwinked into war.

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Ahmed Chalabi's Victory

Aram Roston | Posted 05.25.2011

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Aram Roston

Chalabi still has more loyal friends in the US then most people imagine. Chalabi's US representative insisted to me last week that Chalabi was the best friend America has in Iraq, a sorry thought.

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