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Monday, September 01, 2003

Chalabi: The problem, not the solution.
The Washington Post wasted valuable column-inches yesterday posting a op-ed by one of Donald Rumsfeld's favorite criminals, Ahmad Chalabi. While putting in several plugs for handing power over to his group of necon exiles, the Iraqi National Congress, he pays lip service to ending the US occupation:

An extended occupation under the coalition leading to a popular resistance provides the political power to Hussein's plan and plays into his hands. The politics of occupation is well practiced in the Middle East -- the coalition would be wise to avoid it.

And how does he propose to end the occupation? Using the same enlightened methods that Hitler used in Poland and Stalin used in the Ukraine:

There are other steps the United States needs to take immediately to combat the Hussein network and improve security:

• Crack down on Saddam supporters at large in the country. Coalition forces need to move quickly to arrest and question thousands of people: Baathists, Saddam Fedayeen and former members of the security services and the military, as well as their brothers, sons, nephews and cousins. The Iraqi National Congress and other pro-coalition groups can provide lists and locations of these people and assist in their interrogations.


How thoughtful of him to provide lists of thousands of people, as well as their relatives, and offer to assist in their interrogations. The guy's a crook and a fraud just trying to get the US to coronate him. Sort of like Saddam in the '70's? Hmmm...