Allawi

[SHRED]

So I know he is related to Chalalabi(by marriage?).
Any other negatives on this guy besides the fact that Bush picked him?

[NMDemDist2]

1. he worked with the CIA and was a terrorist bomber against Saddam

The Iraqi National Accord (INA) is an Iraqi opposition group headed by Iyad Allawi and founded by British intelligence in 1990 but also drawing support from Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Turkey and the United States.

The INA consists mainly of military and security personnel who have defected from the Iraqi army under Saddam Hussein's rule. Because of the perceived connections between INA members and the security forces protecting Saddam Hussein, the INA drew American interest as an alternative ally to the Iraqi National Congress.

Following Allawis recruitment by the CIA in 1992, INA organised terrorist attacks in Iraq between 1992 and 1995 to demonstrate its capacities as a militant group. According to former CIA officers, these attacks included the bombing of a cinema as well as a school bus that killed school children. <1> (http://www.nytimes.com/2004/06/09/politics/09ALLA.html?ex=1087747955&ei=1&en=c040fed2685e7eb8) <2> (http://www.occupationwatch.org/article.php?id=5270)

In August of 1995, Saddam's son-in-law, Hussein Kamel Majid authorised the INA to operate from Jordan after he defected to there. The INA has close ties to the CIA, and was involved in the failed 1996 coup against Saddam. However, INA had been infiltrated by agents loyal to Saddam, and in June, 1996, 30 Iraqi military officers were executed and 100 others were arrested for alleged ties to the INA. <3> (http://quote.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000085&sid=agdsULUSsCdo&refer=europe)

Allawi, declared the Prime Minister of Iraq on 2004-05-28, claimed the INA was still active in Iraq as of March, 1998.

http://www.wordiq.com/definition/Iraqi_National_Accord

[reticulatus]

2. Allawi WORKS for the CIA

Being in the CIA is a job for life. He is still a spook.

[Demit]

4. Funny you should mention the Iraqi National Congress...

There was a thread earlier this week called "Your Media is Killing You" which had this little tidbit from http://www.truthout.org/docs_04/092104A.shtml

"...A shadowy and little-known media consulting company called The Rendon Group got a $100,000-a-month contract from the Pentagon right after the attacks. The Rendon Group was getting paid to offer media strategy advice...

The Rendon Group has been around a long time... The Rendon Group has received close to $200 million from the Pentagon and CIA over the last several years to spread anti-Hussein propaganda far and wide. One of the first steps they took was to create in 1992, out of absolute thin air, the Iraqi National Congress.

The Iraqi National Congress, and its most famous spokesperson Ahmad Chalabi, are entirely the creation of a media strategy company doing the bidding of the United States government.


Since 1992, the Iraqi National Congress has become accepted completely by the mainstream news media as a legitimate group. ..."

I don't know how to make words bold in my posts, or I would've bolded this:

The INC are entirely the creation of a media strategy company doing the bidding of the US government.

That still freaks me out.

[Ruffhowse]

3. Here's the scoop on this shady character

Le Monde — At first sight, the appointment of Ayad Allawi, 58, as interim prime minister of Iraq in May could not have been much to the liking of the country's two puppet-masters of the past 15 months, the United States and Britain. What counted against Allawi, a former hard-line Ba'athist, were his 32 years of exile outside Iraq, his murky reputation as a businessman, his political party, which had no grassroots backing, and above all his poor record as an MI6 and CIA agent. It was Allawi who early last year provided the British secret service with the information that President Saddam Hussein possessed weapons of mass destruction that could become "operational within 45 minutes" - information that almost cost the Tony Blair his job.

http://www.mindfully.org/Reform/2004/Allawi-CIA-Baghdad23jul04.htm

[reticulatus]

5. The 45-minues lie ????

So, let's get this straight...

- The CIA recruits Allawi some time in the 1990's.

- They set up the INC via their cover company, The Rendon Group.

- Over the years, Allawi becomes a legitimate "defender" of Iraq.

- When the time is ripe, Allawi feeds the 45-minutes lie to the British secret service via the INC and Chalabi, a disposable stooge.

- Blair passes the "Intelligence" on to Bush, who then invades Iraq.

- The coalition sets up an "interim" government which then feeds Allawi back in as "leader" of Iraq.

Classic!

[Matilda]

7. A real charmer!

He's done the dirty on everyone - Saddam, Blair, Bush, the Iraqi
people.

And this was the best that Bush and Blair could come up with to
head the Iraqi government?

Wonder what he's got on them?

[Djinn]

6. if Bush supports Allawi

then I can not understand how he can not also support Hamas - BOTH utilise the bombing and killing of innocent people for political ends, unlike teh Israeli victims the Iraqi's never even had the a chance to vote out their leaders who were causing the grief.