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dir.salon.com - 12/30/2008
Salon.com Politics | How Ahmed Chalabi conned the neocons
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When the definitive history of the current Iraq war is finally written, wealthy exile Ahmed Chalabi will be among those judged most responsible for the Bush administration's decision to invade Iraq and topple Saddam Hussein. More than a decade ago Chalabi teamed up with American ...
openleft.com - 1/4/2009
Hegemony On Steroids--"The Neocons Couldn't A Dunnit!", Part 2
— openleft.com — After the Iraq fiasco, the key to continuing neocon power was two-fold: First, disappearing the disaster. Second... disappearing the neocons themselves.  The disaster was disappeared by a series of rationalizations and redefinitions, the most ... (more) Hegemony On Steroids--"The Neocons Couldn't A Dunnit!", ...

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Iraq’s Leaders Condemn Gaza Strikes
Wonk Room — ... Of the various premises on which the U.S. invasion of Iraq was sold to the American people, one of the most bizarre was that a post-Saddam Iraqi government would be friendly to Israel. As with claims about WMD and Al Qaeda connections, this one has proved to be a work of imagination. ...

Iraq: Ally in the War on Terror
Lawyers, Guns and Money — ... Of the various premises on which the U.S. invasion of Iraq was sold to the American people, one of the most bizarre was that a post-Saddam Iraqi government would be friendly to Israel. As with claims about WMD and Al Qaeda connections, this one has proved to be a work of imagination. ...

Iraqi Leader Condemn Israel
Matthew Yglesias — ... Of the various premises on which the U.S. invasion of Iraq was sold to the American people, one of the most bizarre was that a post-Saddam Iraqi government would be friendly to Israel. As with claims about WMD and Al Qaeda connections, this one has proved to be a work of imagination. ...

So Much For The Makeover: Iraq Condemns Israeli Bombardment
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com — ... For fun, I'd like to point out that this particular nugget of fairytale realpolitik came straight from the mouth of Ahmad Chalabi, who I have ...

So Much For The Makeover: Iraq Condemns Israeli Bombardment
The Huffington Post | Full News Feed — ... For fun, I'd like to point out that this particular nugget of fairytale realpolitik came straight from the mouth of Ahmad Chalabi, who I have ...

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