Washington to stop funding Iraqi [Chalabi] whose misleading WMD...

[Gloria]

http://news.independent.co.uk/world/americas/story.jsp?story=522664

Washington to stop funding Iraqi whose misleading WMD claims hastened war
By Andrew Buncombe in Washington

19 May 2004

Washington said yesterday that it was to cease funding the Iraqi politician Ahmed Chalabi, the former exile whose "intelligence reports" and claims about Americans' likely reception among his countrymen helped push the Bush administration to war.

Officials said the Pentagon would stop paying Mr Chalabi's group, the Iraqi National Congress (INC), $340,000 (£192,000) a month at the end of June, when the US is due to return sovereignty of Iraq.

Entifadh Qanbar, an INC spokesman in Washington, said: "After 30 June, we expect all funding by US agencies to be ceased because the Iraqi government will be sovereign."

The decision underlines Washington's growing frustration and disillusionment with the INC, which ­ for several years ­ had the ear of the administration as it supported the ousting of Saddam Hussein. The US ­ either through the CIA or the State Department ­ has provided tens of millions of dollars to the INC in exchange for information about Iraq and defectors from the regime.

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[young_at_heart]

1. How much has Chalabi gotten so far?

I wonder when this group started collecting all this money.

[patrice]

4. I think it was Chris Mathews who mentioned it the other day

nearly $4 million a year

[alcuno]

6. Enough to fund his election in Iraq?

What are the rules for funding the upcoming "elections?"

[justjones]

2. They never should have funded the snake bastard!

So they finally decide to cut off funding to him....this is news alright, news that these dumb motherfuckers have been still paying this pig when it's obvious they'd been had.

I demand a refund of taxpayers' money....YESTERDAY!

[boobooday]

3. He's gotten plenty already!

And they are probably weaning him off the U.S. payroll and onto the "new Iraqi" payroll.



http://www.wgoeshome.com

[Kahuna]

5. I saw a clip on the news tonight of Wolfowitz saying they already..

have stopped funding chalabi. LIE LIE LIE LIE LIE LIE LIE LIE LIAAARRR!

[Imalittleteapot]

7. Last night, in the House of Representatives, Dems

were irate and wailing (to an empty house) about Chalibi, his criminal status, his lies and his USA funded wealth, and they were asking why the administration had hooked up with the sleezeball. I would like to think that Democratic pressure is the cause of this recent development.
:wow:

[maddezmom]

8. also discussed here at DU

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x562695

[Moderator]

9. duplicate

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x562695