Chalabi to visit U.S. before Iraq election

[TRYME]

He said last week of the visit to the United States that it showed there was no "wall of ice" between him and the Bush administration.

The White House, describing how the U.S. visit came about, said Chalabi told Treasury Secretary John Snow he would come to Washington in the near future and Snow offered to meet Chalabi if his schedule allowed.

The statement, by the National Security Council's Jones, suggested Chalabi would meet Snow, but Treasury sources said Snow may be out of town.

As deputy prime minister, "Chalabi has a wide-ranging portfolio of responsibilities, including economic policy, essential services and infrastructure and the budget," Jones said.


http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/11/07/chalabi.us.reut/index.html

[Colonel]

This guy is a world-class climber.

A visit to the US right now will send ripples in every direction.

Chalabi's got some moves...

[myranchretirement]

This guy is a world-class climber.

A visit to the US right now will send ripples in every direction.

Chalabi's got some moves...


And he is going to use them all the way to the top.

[Colonel]

Chalabi's got some moves...QUOTE]


And he is going to use them all the way to the top.

What's the Iraqi sentiment on the street?

[Brittle Kitty]

This guy is a world-class climber.

A visit to the US right now will send ripples in every direction.

Chalabi's got some moves...


And he is going to use them all the way to the top.


This guy is scary. :cool:

[eosirl2]

He met today with Rice, no cameras were allowed.

(I wonder if she is going to clip his ear for being a naughty boy)

[BIG WAVE]

Chalabi Offers to Be Questioned by Senate
Iraqi Deputy Prime Minister Ahmad Chalabi offered Wednesday to be questioned by the Senate on his role in prewar Iraq but refused to apologize for fueling allegations that Saddam Hussein had hidden caches of weapons of mass destruction.

Accorded a warm reception by the Bush administration, Chalabi lined up Vice President Dick Cheney and five Cabinet officers, including Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld, for meetings this week and next.
Chalabi, whose reputation in Washington has soared, fallen and now revived, was welcomed by administration officials whom he briefed on Iraq's reconstruction efforts, particularly on energy and financial issues.
http://asia.news.yahoo.com/051110/ap/d8dp8th81.html

[joanc1963]

This is an article fronm 11th November (this day last week).If it has been posted previously my apologies! It is a very optimistic read.

Chalabi is addressing the Council on Foreign Relations
New York, New York


http://www.cfr.org/publication/9217/

"We passed a constitution in Iraq. The Iraqi constitution is a very good document. In terms of individual rights, I think it is better than any other constitution in the Arab world. In terms of women’s rights, it is also very good. In terms of ownership of national wealth, it is unique. It says that the oil and gas in Iraq is the property of all the Iraqi people in all the provinces and regions of Iraq, a fact which will allow us to pass legislation to actually give the people of Iraq, each one of them, a cash payment as revenue from the oil and gas wealth of Iraq."

"This will be a revolutionary development. We will change the relationship between the government and the people. Hitherto, the government had the wealth and gave handouts to the people. Now we expect the people to own the wealth and give revenue to the government through legislation approved by parliament. And that way, we will change this oil—(inaudible)—that has befallen our country with the increase in oil revenues."

"We are also going to do the first distribution of cash to the people of Iraq from the oil revenue. We are going to do this in lieu of the items on the ration card that Iraqis did not get in the last year. There was a shortage of items; they did not get them. We’re going to—whichever items short, we’re going to calculate that and add them up and distribute them to each Iraqi individual, and this is entrained right now. This will be the first time that Iraqis get a share of the oil wells in cash. The funds are initially now quite modest, but we expect those to increase later on."

"A remarkable thing happened during the referendum. The Sunni community voted en masse in the referendum. In fact, in Anbar province, the voting was over 90 percent of the registered voters. It happened that they voted overwhelmingly against the constitution, but they nevertheless voted.
Now, this tells you that the Sunni community has confidence in the electoral process."

"But I also would like to tell you that the Sunnis in Iraq, steps have been taken in certain areas around Baghdad and in Tall Afar to actually stop the violence not by defeating the Sunnis or the people who are shooting, but rather, by coming to an arrangement on the ground which gives a level of comfort through the deployment of Sunni commanders in certain units of the Iraqi army. This has been successful."





This guy is a world-class climber.

A visit to the US right now will send ripples in every direction.

Chalabi's got some moves...


And he is going to use them all the way to the top.

[farquar]

"A remarkable thing happened during the referendum. The Sunni community voted en masse in the referendum. In fact, in Anbar province, the voting was over 90 percent of the registered voters. It happened that they voted overwhelmingly against the constitution, but they nevertheless voted.
Now, this tells you that the Sunni community has confidence in the electoral process."

"But I also would like to tell you that the Sunnis in Iraq, steps have been taken in certain areas around Baghdad and in Tall Afar to actually stop the violence not by defeating the Sunnis or the people who are shooting, but rather, by coming to an arrangement on the ground which gives a level of comfort through the deployment of Sunni commanders in certain units of the Iraqi army. This has been successful." :D Great post Joanc1963. I hope that Chalabi is right about this success.

[Chaka]

Chalabi was also here to lobby for US to sell American weapons to Iraq

all charges against Chalabi were denied and deemed false

Times magazine Q&A

no link

[Borage]

To me, this has got to be the very best bit.....

"But I also would like to tell you that the Sunnis in Iraq, steps have been taken in certain areas around Baghdad and in Tall Afar to actually stop the violence not by defeating the Sunnis or the people who are shooting, but rather, by coming to an arrangement on the ground which gives a level of comfort through the deployment of Sunni commanders in certain units of the Iraqi army. This has been successful." :happy64:

[MEALTICKET]

THIS IS SACRING ME. I REMEBER THE NEG POST JERRY FILLED US IN ON Chalabi. FROM THE LAND OF THE DINNAR I UNDERSTAND HE GOES WAY BACK CURRENCY SCAMS. I DON'T WANT THIS TO BE A SCAM. ALTHOUGH WELL INFORMED SOURCES KEEP SAYING THE DINNAR IS GOING TO OPEN AT 3 TO 5 CENTS BET DEC AND JAN. Chalabi HANDS OFF!

[bert]

ticket nice to see you back.you must be feeling it.go dinar:D