White House cold to Chalabi leading Iraq oil ministry

[Barrett808]

WASHINGTON (AFP) - The White House reacted coldly to the naming of disgraced former US ally Ahmed Chalabi to lead the Iraqi Oil Ministry.

White House spokesman Scott McClellan evaded reporters' questions about the US feelings towards Chalabi's appointment to lead the ministry on December 30, after minister Ibrahim Bahr al-Ulum was relieved of his duties when he opposed a sharp oil price increase.

The increase has provoked widespread protests in Iraq.

"It is not up to the United States, it is up to the Iraqi people to make those decisions and it's up to their government that is elected by the Iraqi people to make those decisions," said White House spokesman Scott McClellan.

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http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060103/pl_afp/usiraqoil

[MidwestTransplant]

1. Maybe Bush (read Cheney) is affraid that the Iranian opertive

will divert oil to Iran that Iran will then sell itself (or at least divert some of the revenues to Iran and to his bank account).

[NMDemDist2]

2. yeah, right

sure they are.......



we need a :bullshit: smiley

[dazzlerazzle]

3. fugitive oil minister chalabi?

If Iraq joins OPEC, what happens when they have a meeting in Jordan?

[thebigidea]

4. up to the Iraqi people? the ones that gave Chalabi about three votes?

Its up to you and your little puppets, Snotty.

[mtnester]

5. Chalabi is a bad penny for the Bush Regime...

keeps showing up at the most inappropriate, inconvenient and potentially damaging times

[acmavm]

6. OK. And bush** didn't order the NSA to spy. (Optimum Sarcasm Mode)

.

[TheGunslinger]

7. How does that article lead to the WH being "cold"?

Sounds like a lot of ducking and weaving by Scotty if anything.

[annabanana]

8. bs - I think it was their idea

He's one of those "known knowns" that Rummy talked about..

[DemonFighterLives]

9. This hot cold love affair with chalabi is making me ill

The guys a crook and the Iraqi's don't want him but Jordan does.
:puke:

[0007]

10. Don't believe a word of this phony type of Professional Wrestling

talk.


The White House doesn't wrestle on the square.What they mean to say is; Ahmed Chalabi will be just fine.

[HuffleClaw]

11. *cough cough* bullshit *cough*

what a complete crock.

[cliss]

12. I have never seen such a schizophrenic administration...

About 3 years ago, Adhmed Cha-Loser was the administration's Darling. He supplied the White House with JUST the right facts, to set us on the path to war.

RumsFailed loved Cha-Liar. They quoted him constantly, used him as their back-up man with "the undisputable facts". He was also Cheney's favorite. Never mind the fact that Cha-Lobby is Iranian, and is a convicted bank embezzler, sentenced in absentia in Jordan.

Then, the romance grew cold. Chaliar was out. They confiscated his computer, did some other things. He vanished. Good, I thought.

Next, the cockroach re-surfaces!!! About 1 month ago, he's suddenly welcomed in Washington again. He meets with Conda-Liar. They order no photos are to be taken. He's about to become the minister of oil, or the prime minister?

Now, the White House is "cold" again. Can they ever make up their mind?

[gratuitous]

14. Three years ago? Try less than two

From the White House website:

http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2004/01/20040120-5.html

For Immediate Release
Office of the First Lady
January 20, 2004

Special Guests of Mrs. Bush at the State of the Union


* * *

Dr. Ahmed Chalabi Iraqi Governing Council Member Dr. Chalabi is founder and head of the Iraqi National Congress (INC). He is also a mathematics professor and a businessman.

__________________

Ah, but as you say, times change and yesterday's favorites are today's personae non grata and who knows what Chalabi the Chameleon will be tomorrow in Bushland?

[saigon68]

20. here is the Great Man

[pinniped]

13. BS, the POS repukes wanted it to happen, so it happened.

Chalabi and * are still really good friends.

[daleo]

15. This is just part of the game

Bush couldn't be happier - obviously he made this happen.

[arewenotdemo]

16. Every now and then I suspect that the criminals in charge

become just so slightly anxious that Triple Agent (Iraq/Iran/U.S.) Chalabi isn't fully in their pocket.

The sick fucks aren't geniuses, after all, and they're probably totally lost at the Double Agent level.

So they periodically recall him to Washington for debriefing, which the Hero in Error handles effortlessly.

Note that this view doesn't exclude the obviously theatrical "fall-outs" between them and Chalabi.

[daleo]

18. That's quite possible

The personal meetings in Washington also ensure that nothing has to be committed to paper or electronic communication - thus, deniability.

[arewenotdemo]

19. right, and the timing of the last meeting

was interesting with regard to the forged Nigerien documents.

[leesa]

17. Chalabi has them by the nuts and is squeezing hard. He knows ALL

the secrets, like who did 9-11, and he has a big ticket price. Love hurts!