Dupe - Iraq to Arrest Ahmad Chalabi After Eid -TV

[DoYouEverWonder]

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&ncid=721&e=1&u=/nm/20050121/wl_nm/iraq_chalabi_dc

Jan 21, 2004

DUBAI (Reuters) - Iraq (news - web sites)'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.

[DrGonzoLives]

1. Good

The man is an egotistical scumbag with virtually no popular support in Iraq.

[maddezmom]

2. interesting timing

why did they wait so long? :shrug:

[leftchick]

3. that is one way to take out the competition in the election*

lol

[DoYouEverWonder]

5. Sure beats the number one choice

for getting rid of candidates.

[theresistance]

4. Alright! My day has been made.

As long as it comes to pass.

[soleft]

6. A pic of him sitting next Laura Bush should go nicely with the

pic of Rumsfeld and Hussein

[DoYouEverWonder]

10. I couldn't find that one

but I found this little one of him and W:





and one of him of Colin:

[Richardo]

7. Bush: "Man I wish *we* could arrest folks for maligning our Defense Dept."

I'd have to build about 59 million new jail cells, tho."

[tmooses]

8. Seems like an attempt to appease the Sunni's before the election.

[russian33]

9. So does that give him time to get the hell out?

I'm not familiar with all Muslim holidays, when is Eid al-Adha holiday?

[DoYouEverWonder]

11. I bet he's on his way to Iran

as we speak.

Nice of them to announce to the international press that they plan to arrest him. I guess they wanted to make sure he had plenty of time to get away?