Chalabigate
"Weapons of Mass Deception"
2003-04-10
Chalabi welcomed
April 10 2003
Washington
The opposition Iraqi National Congress said leaders from across southern Iraq flocked to the town of Nasiriyah to greet its leader Ahmad Chalabi, but a CIA report said he and other returning exiles would find little support among Iraqis.
The classified CIA report appeared to be part of the long and bitter struggle within the Bush Administration over whether Mr Chalabi and his colleagues can be effective leaders.
Francis Brooke, a close adviser to the opposition leader, said local Iraqi leaders had brought requests for Mr Chalabi to mediate with US military authorities on matters such as power supplies and people held as prisoners of war.
"We have been receiving delegation upon delegation... we are inundated," Mr Brooke said. The CIA report said Iraqis would not favour leaders of opposition exile groups.
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Washington
The opposition Iraqi National Congress said leaders from across southern Iraq flocked to the town of Nasiriyah to greet its leader Ahmad Chalabi, but a CIA report said he and other returning exiles would find little support among Iraqis.
The classified CIA report appeared to be part of the long and bitter struggle within the Bush Administration over whether Mr Chalabi and his colleagues can be effective leaders.
Francis Brooke, a close adviser to the opposition leader, said local Iraqi leaders had brought requests for Mr Chalabi to mediate with US military authorities on matters such as power supplies and people held as prisoners of war.
"We have been receiving delegation upon delegation... we are inundated," Mr Brooke said. The CIA report said Iraqis would not favour leaders of opposition exile groups.
http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2003/04/09/1049567739620.html?oneclick=true
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Milton Frihetsson, 01:25
