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Neo-Con Collapse in Washington and Baghdad
Analysis - By Jim Lobe
WASHINGTON, Jun 1 (IPS) - Fourteen months after reaching the zenith of their influence on U.S. foreign policy with the invasion of Iraq, neo-conservatives appear to have fallen entirely out of favour, both within the administration of President George W Bush and in Baghdad itself. The signs of their defeat at the hands of both reality and the so-called ''realists'', who are headed within the administration by Secretary of State Colin Powell, are virtually everywhere but were probably best marked by the cover of 'Newsweek' magazine last week, which depicted the framed photograph of the neo-cons' favourite Iraqi, Ahmad Chalabi, which had been shattered during a joint police-U.S. military raid on his headquarters in Baghdad. 'Bush's Mr. Wrong' was the title of the feature article. The victory of the realists, who also include the uniformed military and the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), appeared complete Monday with the unveiling of the interim Iraqi government to which an as-yet undefined sovereignty is to be transferred from the U.S.-led occupation authorities Jun. 30. Not only was Chalabi's arch-rival-in-exile, Iyad Allawi, approved by the Iraqi Governing Council (IGC) as prime minister, but neither Chalabi nor any of his closest IGC associates, especially Finance Minister Kamel al-Gailani -- who is accused of handing over much of Iraq's banking system to Chalabi during his tenure -- made it into the final line-up. http://www.ipsnews.net/interna.asp?idnews=23986 Walt |
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Not only was Chalabi's arch-rival-in-exile, Iyad Allawi, approved by the
Iraqi Governing Council (IGC) as prime minister, but neither Chalabi nor any of his closest IGC associates, especially Finance Minister Kamel al-Gailani -- who is accused of handing over much of Iraq's banking system to Chalabi during his tenure -- made it into the final line-up. http://www.ipsnews.net/interna.asp?idnews=23986 Walt Iraqi PM Allawi is an operative of an US Intel agency with good contacts to Talabani's Kurds,on other hand Chalabi is (or was) a favorite of Pentagon. You can find this info in almost every US newspaper. But there is something more than the eye catches or newspapers report,namely Allawi is also the head of Sammar tribe and Sammar tribe was responsible for the protection of Saddam's sons Uday and Quasay after Operation Iraqi Freedom. Pin dropped now? |
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