Comments on: Turning the Page: ‘The Man Who Pushed America to War’

By: Bush: ‘Lies My Neocon Friends Told Me’ | Real Jew News

Bush: ‘Lies My Neocon Friends Told Me’ | Real Jew News — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 16:23:19 +0000

[...] March of 2008 it came to light that Senator John McCain was one of the first patrons of Chalabi’s grand-sounding International Committee for a Free [...]

By: The Progressive Thread » Prior To Iraq War, McCain Political Adviser Charlie Black Helped Chalabi Push WMD Claims

Tue, 11 Mar 2008 23:17:24 +0000

[...] In 1998, McCain pressured the Clinton administration to give Chalabi funding, and once called him “a patriot who has the best interests of his country at heart.” In fact, McCain was Chalabi’s “favored candidate in the 2000 election.” [...]

By: McCain’s Long Friendship With Chalabi « Suzie-Q

McCain’s Long Friendship With Chalabi « Suzie-Q — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 19:46:06 +0000

By: Think Progress » Prior To Iraq War, McCain Political Adviser Charlie Black Helped Chalabi Push WMD Claims

Tue, 11 Mar 2008 14:48:56 +0000

By: Batocchio

Batocchio — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 17:12:27 +0000

Chalabi is quite the self-serving scumbag. Did anyone else catch him claiming to Frontline he had proof of Iraq’s WMD or something like that to stop that line of questioning, only he couldn’t provide it there, it was back at his office, and then refused their follow-up calls? He’s not even a good con man.

As vile as Chalabi was and is, and as much as Doug Feith and many of the other neocons loved him, I think it’s important to remember that Chalabi didn’t cause them to push us to war. His BS “intel” was the excuse, not the reason. The Bush administration hasn’t been bright nor competent, true, but neither have they ever acted in good faith.

By: Make Them Accountable / Media

Make Them Accountable / Media — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 15:05:01 +0000

[...] Turning the Page: ‘The Man Who Pushed America to War’ (Muckraked!) [T]he full story of one key player [in the Iraq War], Ahmad Chalabi, has yet to be told. The legendary conman and disgraced war cheerleader gets his due in Aram Roston’s “The Man Who Pushed America to War: The Extraordinary Life, Adventures and Obsessions of Ahmad Chalabi.” Among the revelations: - One of his key backers has been John McCain, who was one of the first patrons of Chalabi’s grand-sounding International Committee for a Free Iraq when it was founded in 1991. [Emphasis added.] [...]

By: PoliGazette » Dough Feith Talks Trash

PoliGazette » Dough Feith Talks Trash — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 11:00:49 +0000

[...] Muckraked: The number of published books chronicling the invasion of Iraq and the continuing war could probably fill a few bookcases at your local Barnes & Noble. [...]

By: Think Progress » FLASHBACK: McCain Called Chalabi ‘A Patriot’ With Iraq’s ‘Best Interests At Heart’

Sun, 09 Mar 2008 14:21:21 +0000

[...] A new book by Aram Roston reveals that Chalabi supported John McCain (R-AZ) for president in 2000, believing that the senator would be the most receptive to his agenda. Muckraked reports: One of his key backers has been John McCain, who was one of the first patrons of Chalabi’s grand-sounding International Committee for a Free Iraq when it was founded in 1991. McCain was Chalabi’s favored candidate in the 2000 election since Chalabi knew that he would be able to free up the $97 million in military aid plus millions pushed through in Congress and earmarked for Chalabi’s exile group, the Iraqi National Congress, but held up by the Clinton State Department. [...]

By: Monster Cat

Monster Cat — Sat, 08 Mar 2008 19:58:27 +0000

From someone on the inside of this whole Stoffel/Iraq mystery, it is too bad Aram got it wrong. If he did his research carefully and was as close to Stoffel as he has said repeatedly he was, he would have know there was a connection between Stoffel and the arrest of Chalabi in May of 2004, which would have precluded any Chalabi support.

If you are connected with Aram, pass on my e-mail…I would be glad to set him straight.

By: Chalabi/McCain connection - The Political Hotwire

Chalabi/McCain connection - The Political Hotwire — Sat, 08 Mar 2008 11:46:40 +0000

[...] Chalabi/McCain connection New biography of shadowy Iraq figure Chalabi recalls ties to McCain Ahmed Chalabi, former deputy prime minister of Iraq, is the subject of a new biography that reportedly reveals some shocking new examples of Chalabi’s scandalous role in US foreign policy. Considered by some to be a neo-con "darling," Chalabi is best known for his role in pushing questionable evidence in the run-up to the US invasion of Iraq, including since-debunked claims dealing with biological weapons laboratories from the Iraqi defector code-named "Curveball." RAW STORY has covered other events in Chalabi’s colorful past as war cheerleader, including his re-entry into US policy-making in 2006 when it was reported that he had taken over a role as broker between the US Ambassador to Iraq, Zalmay Khalilzad, and Iranian officials. In early 2007, RAW STORY also reported that Chalabi was moving into a new role as part of the so-called "surge" in Iraq. Among the revelations disclosed in the biography by Emmy award-winning journalist Aram Roston, The Man Who Pushed America to War: The Extraordinary Life, Adventures and Obsessions of Ahmad Chalabi, are that Chalabi "helped arrange meetings with the Iraqi oil minister for American oilmen like Bush fundraiser Albert Huddleston." Chalabi also reportedly "misled a team of reporters from ABC News and British publications by arranging interviews with ‘Saddam’s Mistress,’ Parisoula Lampsos, who peddled countless lies about a meeting between Hussein and Osama Bin Laden" and was initially backed by Sen. John McCain, "one of the first patrons of Chalabi’s grand-sounding International Committee for a Free Iraq when it was founded in 1991." Regarding McCain, Roston adds that he was "Chalabi’s favored candidate in the 2000 election since Chalabi knew that he would be able to free up the $97 million in military aid plus millions pushed through in Congress and earmarked for Chalabi’s exile group, the Iraqi National Congress." The funds were held up, however, by the Clinton administration’s State Department, Roston writes. More on the Chalabi biography can be read at this link. But will anyone even care? __________________ Julia Rose - she’s twice as cute! [...]