Iraq to arrest Ahmad Chalabi ("I never met him") after Eid

[Bluebear]

GWB: I sat down with Mr. Pachachi and Chalabi and al-Hakim, people from different parts of the country that have made the firm commitment”

GWB, later: “My meetings with him were very brief. I mean, I think I met with him at the State of the Union and just kind of working through the rope line, and he might have come with a group of leaders. But I haven’t had any extensive conversations with him.


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DUBAI (Reuters) - Iraq's interim defense minister said on Friday the government would arrest Iraqi National Congress leader Ahmad Chalabi after the Eid al-Adha holiday on suspicion of maligning the defense ministry.

"We will arrest him and hand him over to Interpol. We will arrest him based on facts that he wanted to malign the reputation of the defense ministry and defense minister," Hazim al-Shaalan told Al Jazeera television.

The satellite channel quoted Shaalan as saying Chalabi would be handed to Interpol over his conviction in absentia by a Jordanian court in 1992 of embezzling millions from Petra Bank, whose 1989 collapse shook Jordan's political and financial system.

Chalabi, who founded and ran the bank during a long period when he lived in the country, denies any wrongdoing.

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=578&ncid=578&e=2&u=/nm/20050121/ts_nm/iraq_chalabi_dc

[skypilot]

1. "...a contender to become Iraq's Prime Minister..."????

Why? How?

How? Why? Why the fuck is this guy still in the picture? Didn't we find out that he was spying for Iran or something like that?

[KharmaTrain]

2. This Lizzard Was On CNN This Morning

Yucking it up with Christine Armanpour...on with his old pal Leslie Blitzer. Sure didn't look like a man about to have the long arm of the law come down on him.

If it gets too hot, he'll just slink over into Iran or pay his way out of whatever mess he's in. Plus he's still got Rummy & Wolfie watching over him...you can be sure of that.