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I Kant Donating Member (26 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-30-05 11:45 PM
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Ahmed Chalabi, after being trounced in the elections
Is now appointed as Iraqi Oil Minsister?

How is this possible? I smell Cheney in this! Is this what they discussed in Washington in their closed door meeting last month?
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welshTerrier2 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-30-05 11:51 PM
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1. .89 of 1% of the vote
welcome to DU, I Kant !!

Chalabi took a bath; Allawi took a bath and bush took a bath ... anyone with close ties to the US had no chance to win a seat during the last election ...

but the oil? you betcha ... the Oil Ministry was all part of the script ... they had to have someone in place to protect all the PSA's from the new government ... when hundreds of billions of dollars on the line, they weren't about to fool around with democracy ...
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tatertop Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-31-05 12:05 AM
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2. bah bah bah sheep like it
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SillyGoose Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-31-05 12:16 AM
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3. Hot stuff, ha? I find it so incredibly curious that Chalabi winds up as
Oil Minister, of all positions. You can't make this stuff up no matter how hard you would try. Yep, I smell Cheney in all this, but my Sicilian grandfather always said "the fish stinks from the head down".

I want to know why this Chalabi thug wasn't arrested for spilling our secrets to the Iranians when he came to DC last month.

Welcome to DU. :hi:
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The_Casual_Observer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-31-05 02:15 AM
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4. Get the feeling like this whole thing is run like a tight family business?
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Nutmegger Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-31-05 02:17 AM
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5. Y'all are being too hard on Chalabi
Since he didn't get the position of king, we need someone over there to pull the strings for us.
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xchrom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-31-05 06:49 AM
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6. it's like the punch line to a bad joke.
there are major mafiosa who are wondering how to get this guy's gig.

he'll star selling motivational dvds any minute now.
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kentuck Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-31-05 07:10 AM
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7. That is the most important position in Iraq...
our first impulses were correct about Chalabi
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greenman3610 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-31-05 07:53 AM
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8. supposedly only for a month
but hey, I'd like to be Oil Minister of Iraq for a month.
More than enough time to secure my retirement to
Polynesia.
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zanne Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-31-05 11:08 AM
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9. They don't even have to pretend anymore....
The Bush administration corrupts out in the open now. Their hubris assures them of continuing dominance, no matter what.
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