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Mike,

Might notice that it is "accused". How about waiting until some proof instead of editorials convicts him?
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[Marine's Wife]

Don't count on THIS ship going down MIKIE. They may kick me off at this board,but I'll just pop up on another !

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[Greenhat]

Still editorials. Just a lot of accusations, unnamed officials and unsubstantiated claims. No actual data at this point.
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[sparky]

We warned the neocons but they just wouldn't listen: Chalabi was a crook and a sleazebucket.

Some things about him aren't editorials but settled matters. The neocons' man, Chalabi, could have never made an official state visit to Jordan due to the fraudcharges against him, which led to his fleeing that country. He was successfully prosecuted in abstentia

And now, another neocon-inspired embarassment to the US.

From the AP wire,

http://www.fortwayne.com/mld/journalgazette/8712100.htm

For years, Chalabi's INC received hundreds of thousands of dollars every month from the Pentagon, in part for intelligence passed along by exiles about Saddam's purported weapons of mass destruction.

Chalabi has been criticized since large stockpiles of such weapons were never found. The former banker and longtime Iraqi exile was convicted of fraud in absentia in Jordan in 1992 in a banking scandal and sentenced to 22 years in jail. He has repeatedly denied the charges.

I hope nobody here is trying to claim that Chalabi is somehow above doing freelance work for the Iranians.

[sparky]

From Janes Defense Weekly:
http://www.janes.com/defence/news/fr/fr040519_1_n.shtml

Marching valiantly into the quagmire

Intriguing but unconfirmed rumours have reached Foreign Report that may have far-reaching consequences for the Coalition operation in Iraq, as well as Britain's domestic politics.

According to the report, secret discussions may be under way concerning the Polish-commanded south-central multinational military division. There has been continuous speculation that the Poles, one of the biggest contingents in the Coalition force, will withdraw.

While for the moment they are saying they will not follow the Spanish example, they have called for a "progressive reduction" of their 2,400 troops, as casualties rise (three dead, as well as their top war correspondent) and public opposition grows.

Following the Abu Ghraib prison scandal and betting on the likelihood that the security situation will get even worse, other staunch US allies in the new Europe are also rapidly distancing themselves from the Bush administration.

In Hungary, former prime minister and opposition leader Viktor Orban, who had hitherto supported Hungary's role in Iraq, called operations there "morally unsustainable". The Hungarian government has agreed to review its commitment, which currently stands at 300 troops. Bulgaria's troops, six of which have been killed, are increasingly restive: 24 soldiers had to be sent home recently after complaining about their mission and another 15 who were due to return to their country in August have already quit. Ukraine's resolve is also wavering after four of its soldiers were killed in action.

Spain's 1,300 troops, eight of whom have died, will be gone by 1 June, leaving a big hole in the Coalition's forces around the holy city of Najaf, home to radical anti-US cleric Moqtada al-Sadr. The USA has asked Britain to fill the vacuum, it currently commands the southern sector, has 8,700 troops stationed in Iraq and has suffered 59 casualties. It appears that Britain will comply, although its own military planners are less than happy.

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[sparky]

Hmmmmm, I wonder who could done something so treasonous.

What, exactly, is it about Iranian fundamentalists that conservatives find so irresistible? I thought they'd learned their lesson about giving stuff to terrorist nations during Iran-Contra.

http://www.nytimes.com/2004/05/24/politics/24CHAL.html