Mylroie, Chalabi: Unusually Effective, NY Sun

NEW YORK SUN November 8, 2005 'Unusually Effective'By Laurie MylroieAhmad Chalabi, Iraq's deputy prime minister and head of the Iraqi National Congress, arrives today on a visit to Washington and New York, his first trip to the United States in nearly two years. The official American

Iraq's Arms Scandal, LAT

Before Rearming Iraq, He Sold Shoes and Flowers The U.S. chose Ziad Cattan to oversee military buying because he could get things done. He did, but now he faces corruption charges.By Solomon Moore and T. Christian MillerTimes Staff WritersNovember 6, 2005BAGHDAD — Ziad Cattan was a

Freed Reporter Tells of Abduction, AP

Irish Reporter Tells of Baghdad Abduction By SHAWN POGATCHNIK, Associated Press Writer October 21, 2005 An Irish reporter who was abducted by Shiite extremists in Baghdad and freed 36 hours later said Friday he had braced himself for the prospect of several months in captivity —

Anne Applebuam, Justice in Baghdad

washingtonpost.com Justice in Baghdad By Anne ApplebaumWednesday, October 19, 2005 "We are able to do away with domestic tyranny and violence and aggression by those in power against the rights of their own people only when we make all men answerable to the law." --

Robert Pollock interviews Gen Petraeus, WSJ

THE WEEKEND INTERVIEW A Soldier's Story"The Iraqis are in the fight," says Gen. David Patraeus.BY ROBERT L. POLLOCKSaturday, October 15, 2005 12:01 a.m.WASHINGTON--David Petraeus is not a physically imposing man. Slight, and slightly awkward, he looks every bit the egghead general

US-Syrian Clashes, NYT

October 15, 2005 G.I.'s and Syrians in Tense Clashes on Iraqi Border By JAMES RISEN and DAVID E. SANGER WASHINGTON, Oct. 14 - A series of clashes in the last year between American and Syrian troops, including a prolonged firefight this summer that killed several Syrians, has raised

Warren Marik, The Sepoy Mutiny Syndromw

Warren Marik is a retired CIA officer who is currently in Afghanistan observing the recent elections. He sent these observations to the list. The Sepoy Mutiny Syndrome An excellent film from India recently opened in the United States—Mangal Pandey—about the beginning of the Sepoy Mutiny

5 Ministers in Allawi Gov't Indicted!, London Times, Iraq News Note

NB:Wa Po columnist Jim Hoagland writes today, "The president called for 'democratic federalism' in Iraq -- even as his White House staff and intelligence agency maneuver to bring to power Ayad Allawi, who has told visiting American politicians, diplomats and others that decentralized

Entifadh Qanbar, Defending Iraq

Entifadh Qanbar is Iraq's Deputy Military Attache at the Embassy in Washington. He gave this speech to the American Enterprise Institute on Oct 5. Defending IraqBy Entifadh K. QanbarThe biggest danger to Iraqi citizens and the Iraqi government is terrorism. Thus, the main task of the

Entifadh Qanbar on C-Span, Sunday AM

Entifadh Qanbar, Iraq's Deputy Military Attache, will appear onC-Span's, The Washington Journal,Sunday, October9, from 8:45 to 9:30 AM EDT. C-Span describes the program:"The guest talks about the completed Constitution that is set for a referendum vote October 15, including what the

Massive Corruption in Iyad Allawi's Gov't, Independent

The Independent (London) September 19, 2005, Monday WHAT HAS HAPPENED TO IRAQ'S MISSING $ 1BN?; BY PATRICK COCKBURN IN BAGHDADOne billion dollars has been plundered from Iraq's defence ministry in one of the

Angelo Codevilla, Spinning Away Iraq and 9/11, Iraq News Note

NB: Among many points, Codevilla takes issue with the claim made recently by the National Geographic (and many others) that the mastermind of the 1993 World Trade Center bombing, Ramzi Yousef, entered the U.S.on a forged Iraqi passport. Codevilla says the passport is legitimate, and he

Syria a Terrorist Hub for Iraq, AP, Iraq News Note

NB: The current US ambassador to Iraq, Zalmay Khalilzad, has an unusuallygood understanding of the country.Notably,he alludes to Syrian training of the jihadis who go to Iraq, or at least Syrian facilitation of their training. That goes rather against the grain of the current fashion in

Jim Hoagland, Bush's Risky Intervention

washingtonpost.com Bush's Risky Intervention By Jim HoaglandAugust 28, 2005 PARIS -- While President Bush was telephoning an influential Shiite leader to lobby for changes in the new constitution being written in Baghdad last week, Iraq's terrorist forces were busy

Sistani warns of 'Genocidal War,' Independent

Independent Iraq's top Shia cleric warns of 'genocidal war' By Patrick Cockburn in Baghdad Published: 19 July 2005 The slaughter of hundreds of civilians by suicide bombers shows that a genocidal war is threatening Iraq, Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, the country's most influential Shia cleric,

Corruption in Allawi Govt, Knight Ridder

Knight Ridder Washington Bureau July 15, 2005 Web of Corruption Found in Iraq's Military Contracts By Hannah Allam BAGHDAD, Iraq -- The Iraqi Defense Ministry has squandered more than $ 300 million buying faulty and outdated military equipment in what appears to be a massive web of corruption

Feith on Iraq War, WaPo

Washington Post Pentagon Official Admits Iraq Errors By Ann Scott Tyson Washington Post Staff Writer July 13, 2005 Douglas J. Feith, a top Pentagon official who was deeply involved in planning the Iraq war, said there were significant missteps in the administration's strategy, including the

Gerecht, Squandered Victory Losing Iraq, NYT Book Review

July 10, 2005 'Squandered Victory' and 'Losing Iraq': Now What? By REUEL MARC GERECHT COULD the administration have chosen a different course in Iraq that would today have the country farther down the road to popular government and cost fewer lives? Two new books -- among the first

Hoagland, Subtle Shift in Goals

Washington Post A Subtle Shift in GoalsBy Jim HoaglandThursday, June 30, 2005 President Bush shifted to a more realistic vision of what he can achieve in Iraq in deft and deniable fashion in his address to the nation Tuesday night. As Bush's changing of gears -- but not of direction --

Saddam refused to deport Zarqawi, UPI, Iraq News Note

This item comes from the list of Bruce Tefft, a retired CIA officer, prefaced with the following remark: Funny, I thought Saddam Hussein had no contact with terrorists - nor were any terrorists in Iraq prior to the US "invasion" Jordan king:Iraq refused to deport Zarqawi BEIRUT,

David Ignatius, DoD's Quiet Transformation Iraq News Note

NB: The concepts described below have long been the view of Iraq News. If it is US policy to change the Middle East, then people have to know the region and know it well. That may be obvious, but it is inconvenient. So it is telling that the impulse for change comes from DoD and not from other

Rise of 'New Baath Party,' Independent

Independent (UK) Bomb attacks on the rise as 'New Baath party' is born By Patrick Cockburn in Baghdad 03 May 2005 Flames and smoke rose over Baghdad from a blazing building after an explosion that was aimed at a police patrol killed six and wounded seven passers-by instead. We saw a minivan

Jim Hoagland, US-Iraqi Political Balance

Washington Post Limestone Touchstone By Jim Hoagland April 28, 2005 American soldiers fight in Iraq to help secure a sovereign, democratic government there. But what happens when those aspirations come into conflict with short-term U.S. security needs that may affect the safety of those soldiers?

Attack Cut Short WMD Hunt, Independent

Independent (UK) Zarqawi attack on inspector cut short the hunt for WMD By Anne Penketh, Diplomatic Editor 28 April 2005 The American who led the hunt for Iraq's missing weapons of mass destruction has revealed that the investigation was cut short after he was targeted by Abu Musab al-Zarqawi,

Chalabi Interview, CNN, Text

CNN LATE EDITION WITH WOLF BLITZER 12:00 PM EST April 24, 2005 Sunday TRANSCRIPT: 042401CN.V47 JOHN KING, GUEST HOST: It's noon in Washington . . . I'm John King, sitting in for Wolf Blitzer . . . A bit early I spoke with former Iraqi Governing Council member Ahmed Chalabi who was involved in

Saddam's Men Strike Back in River of Blood, London Times

The guerrillas blew up a mosque and posted notices saying that Shias should leave town or die. The Shia political parties started a press campaign - but it was dismissed by the Interior Ministry, whose officials said that the whole affair was a tribal feud. London Times April 22, 2005 Saddam's

Jim Hoagland, Hammering the Wrong Nails

Washington Post Hammering the Wrong Nails The 9/11 Commission's 'Solution' Won't Fix the Real Intelligence Failures By Jim Hoagland April 17, 2005 Richard A. Posner does not simply point to feet of clay. He attacks them with hammer, tongs and clarity of insight when it comes to the dangers of the

Mylroie, NY Sun, Iraq's Weapons

New York SunCircular ReasoningBy Laurie MylroieApril 13, 2005The recently released Robb-Silverman Report on weapons of mass destruction contains excellent suggestions on how American intelligence capabilities might be improved. However, the section dealing with Iraq is gravely flawed. It

Max Boot, The Friend We Betrayed, LAT

Los Angeles Times The Friend We Betrayed Max Boot April 7, 2005 In 1987, after he was exonerated of corruption charges, former Secretary of Labor Raymond Donovan issued the classic plea of the wronged man: Which office do I go to to get my reputation back? Whichever office it is, Ahmad Chalabi

Thomas Joscelyn, 1981 Papal Assassination Attempt, Weekly Standard

Crime of the Century How the elite media and the CIA failed to Investigate the 1981 papal assassination attempt. by Thomas Joscelyn 04/07/2005 12:00:00 AM A STUNNING REVELATION buzzed

NY Sun, Cheney on Chalabi

New York Sun Cheney Would Meet With Chalabi, Though He's Not Choosing Sides BY IRA STOLL - Staff Reporter of the Sun April 4, 2005 Vice President Cheney, in a wide-ranging meeting with the editorial board of The New York Sun, extended a friendly signal to Iraqi politician Ahmad Chalabi, whose

INC: INC Vindicated by WMD Report

INC VINDICATED BY WMD REPORT Iraqi National Congress Press Statement BAGHDAD (31 March, 2005): The Iraqi National Congress had a negligible impact on US intelligence assessments of Saddam Hussein's weapons of mass destruction according to the Robb-Silverman Report issued today. Dr. Ahmad

Max Boot, Outsourcing Snafu, LAT

Los Angeles Times The Iraq War's Outsourcing Snafu The coalition of the billing has real limits. by Max Boot March 31, 2005 Ever since Ronald Reagan proclaimed in his 1981 inaugural address that government is not the solution to our problem; government is the problem, leaders at all levels of

Dr. Germs: The Dog Ate Them, AP, Iraq News Note

NB: This strange account of what happened to Iraq's anthrax, provided by Dr. Rihab Taha, a major figure in Iraq's BW program, is uncorroborated and contradicts other available information, according to a very knowledgeable source. So why would anyone believe it? Iraqi Anthrax Scientist Kept Her

Insurgent Penetration of Iraqi Gov't, Wash Times

The Washington Times Inside the Ring By Bill Gertz and Rowan Scarborough March 25, 2005 [Excerpt] Spy penetrations Pentagon officials tell us one of the major problems for the new Iraqi government and its security and military services is a lack of good counterintelligence. Iraqi insurgents

WSJ: No Crime in Plame Leak

Wall Street Journal REVIEW OUTLOOK No Crime, No Foul March 28, 2005 The latest turn in the Valerie Plame leak investigation is that the very same press corps that cheered on the appointment of a special prosecutor to harass the Bush Administration and conservative columnist Robert Novak now

US Media File Brief: No Crime in Plame Leak, WaPo

Washington Post Media Groups Back Reporters In Court Filing Judges Urged to Determine if Crime Occurred in Leak Case By Dan Eggen Washington Post Staff Writer March 24, 2005 A federal court should first determine whether a crime has been committed in the disclosure of an undercover CIA

Jim Hoagland, Playing Both Sides in Jordan

Washington Post Playing Both Sides in Jordan By Jim Hoagland March 27, 2005 Pop quiz: Which Arab ruler is to George W. Bush as Yasser Arafat was to Bill Clinton? Congratulations if you said King Abdullah of Jordan. And a tip of the hat to all those Iraqis who came up with the answer so fast. You

WSJ: Syria's Role in the Insurgency

NB: And one might also ask just what is the quality of Syrian intelligence regarding al Qaida, which as the WSJ explains, is one of the reasons for the kid-gloves approach to Damascus. Wall Street Journal February 7, 2005 REVIEW OUTLOOK Warning to Damascus Among the notable parts of President

Elections Change Mood in Iraq, NYT

New York Times February 6, 2005 POST-ELECTION CHATTER Suddenly, It's 'America Who?' By DEXTER FILKINS BAGHDAD, Iraq - Through 22 months of occupation and war here, the word America was usually the first word to pass through the lips of an Iraqi with a gripe. Why can't the Americans produce

Widespread Corruption in Allawi Government

NB: Zaab Sethna was in Iraq, working on the election campaign with the United Iraqi Alliance. Dear All, I am sorry to say that corruption in Iraq is worse than ever. As I was leaving Baghdad airport this morning the Iraqi officials refused to let me leave unless I paid a bribe. I refused and

CPA Didn't Monitor Billions of Dollars, NYT

New York Times January 31, 2005 Occupation Authority Did Not Properly Monitor Spending of Iraqi Money, U.S. Audit Says By ERIK ECKHOLM The American occupation authority that governed Iraq until mid-2004 did not properly monitor the spending of $8.8 billion in Iraqi money, opening the door to

Israeli Tells Story of Vote in Iraq Elections, Ha'aretz

Ha'aretz January 30, 2005 An Israeli rediscovers his Iraqi roots By Shahar Smooha AMMAN - There was nothing surprising about the stunned looks I got last Friday as I stood at the entrance to the girls school in Swafiyeh, handed the guards and the representative of the Iraqi elections committee an

Allawi Runs with Senior Baathists, NY Sun

New York Sun January 28, 2005 Allawi Runs With Alleged Baathists BY ELI LAKE - Staff Reporter of the Sun WASHINGTON - As Iraqis prepare to head to the polls Sunday some of the candidates on the ballot may be disqualified from holding office due to their prior connections to Saddam Hussein's

Missing Money: $300 Million Shipped to Lebanon, NYT

New York Times January 22, 2005 MISSING MONEY Mystery in Iraq as $300 Million is Taken Abroad By DEXTER FILKINS BAGHDAD, Iraq, Jan. 21 - Earlier this month, according to Iraqi officials, $300 million in American bills was taken out of Iraq's Central Bank, put into boxes and quietly put on a

Ba'thist Penetration of Iraqi Intelligence

Two recent stories--one in the Wash Times, based on US sources, and the other in the Times of London, based on an interview with Abdel Aziz Hakim, who heads the slate most likely to win the Iraqi elections--underscore a serious problem: the new Iraqi intelligence service is penetrated by what the

Abizaid: Baathists Behind Much of Insurgency, LAT

Los Angeles Times Ex-Baathists Play Crucial Insurgent Role, U.S. Says By John Hendren Times Staff Writer January 11, 2005 TIKRIT, Iraq - U.S. military commanders say a new assessment of the Iraqi insurgency has led them to focus on 34 former Baath Party leaders who they believe are financing and

Allawi Group Slips Reporters Cash, FT

Financial Times Allawi group slips cash to reporters By Steve Negus in Baghdad Published: January 10 2005 22:01 The electoral group headed by Iyad Allawi, the interim Iraqi prime minister, on Monday handed out cash to journalists to ensure coverage of its press conferences in a throwback to

Iraq Election System Flawed, NYT

New York Times January 9, 2005 U.S. Is Haunted by Initial Plan for Iraq Voting By STEVEN R. WEISMAN WASHINGTON, Jan. 8 - In its struggle to transfer sovereignty back to Iraq last spring, the Bush administration made some tough decisions about the makeup of the political system and how Iraqi

Rivkin Sanford, No Crime in Plame Kerfuffle, WSJ

Wall Street Journal AT LAW Outing Operatives, Jailing Journalists There's no crime at the center of the Valerie Plame kerfuffle. BY DAVID B. RIVKIN JR. AND BRUCE W. SANFORD Saturday, December 18, 2004 12:01 a.m. How did a federal law passed in 1982 to stop the activities of renegade ex-CIA agent

Gen. Casey: Insurgents Directed by Ba'thists in Syria, WaPo

Washington Post General: Iraqi Insurgents Directed From Syria By Thomas E. Ricks Washington Post Staff Writer December 17, 2004 A top Army general said yesterday that the Iraqi insurgency was being run in part by former senior Iraqi Baath Party officials operating in Syria who call themselves the

US: Syria Aids Iraq Rebels, WaPo

Rebels Aided By Allies in Syria, U.S. Says Baathists Reportedly Relay Money, Support By Thomas E. Ricks Washington Post Staff Writer Wednesday, December 8, 2004; Page A01 U.S. military intelligence officials have concluded that the Iraqi insurgency is being directed to a greater degree than

Saddam Raided UN Sites for Suicide Attacks, Independent

Independent Saddam 'raided UN arms sites for suicide attacks' By Patrick Cockburn in Baghdad 01 December 2004 As American forces closed in on Baghdad last year, senior members of Saddam Hussein's government devised a plan to send suicide bombers in vehicles packed with devastating high-energy

Fallujah Bomb Labs, Wash Times, Iraq News note

NB: This piece explains that chemicals for making hydrogen cyanide were found in Fallujah. Some FBI agents who investigated the 1993 bombing of the World Trade Center believed that that bomb was meant to produce hydrogen cyanide, but the material was burnt up in the heat of the explosion. In

Thomas Joscelyn, Scheuer's Schizophrenia on Iraq, Weekly Standard, Iraq News note

NB: "Iraq News" is somewhat skeptical of the claim that UBL actively sought WMD, while he was based in Sudan.That seems to have come later, after UBL moved to Afghanistan in 1996. That said, this is a most interesting article, including for the blatant contradictions between the positions

CIA Launches Raids on INC, INC News Release

INC News Release CIA Launches Raids on INC BAGHDAD (20 November): The Iraqi National Congress today announced that the US Central Intelligence Agency led raids on four INC facilities recently. Three INC offices in Baghdad were attacked on Thursday and the INC office in Najaf was attacked last

Saddam's Bank Accounts, NY Post

NEW YORK POST November 19, 2004 SADDAM 'BANKED' ON FRAUD By NILES LATHEM WASHINGTON - Saddam Hussein laundered illegal profits from the U.N. oil-for-food program through as many as 2,400 bank accounts, according to new information obtained by investigators. The Treasury Department reported to a

Robert Novak, CIA: 'Dysfunctional' and 'rogue'

CIA: 'Dysfunctional' and 'rogue' Robert Novak Townhall.com November 18, 2004 WASHINGTON -- After President Bush nominated him to be Director of Central Intelligence (DCI), Rep. Porter Goss walked across the Capitol to meet with a senator he hardly knew and who had criticized him: John McCain.

Clarice Feldman, The CIA's war on Bush, The American Thinker

The CIA's war on BushNovember 17th, 2004 The Central Intelligence Agency, far from supporting the War on Terror, became an obstacle to the inplementation of the policies of the United States government. At last, this situation may be corrected.In Bush v. the Beltway, Laurie Mylroie

Iraq Got $21 Billion from Oil for Food, NYT

New York Times November 16, 2004 THE OIL-FOR-FOOD PROGRAM Panel Pegs Illicit Iraq Earnings at $21.3 Billion By JUDITH MILLER WASHINGTON, Nov. 15 - A Senate committee investigating the United Nations oil-for-food program for Iraq estimates that during 13 years of international sanctions, Saddam

Mylroie, The Iraqi Connection, NYT Book Review Letters

. Reports in The New York Times hinted at an Iraqi connection. Rose (and others) might do well to review that material, before cavalierly dismissing the possibility of Iraq's involvement with this family that twice attacked the Trade Center towers. Laurie Mylroie Washington

James Dunnigan, Saddam's Spies Survive, StrategyPage.com

October 29, 2004 Saddam's Spies Surviveby James Dunnigan (URL at bottom) The Saddam era Iraqi Intelligence Service (IIS) is still in business. In Arabic, the IIS was called the Jihaz al-Mukhabarat al-Amma, and was more commonly known as the Mukhabarat (Arab for "Intelligence.") Combining

Frank Gaffney, Blasts Levin Report/Idea that Iraq, al Qaida were Strangers, Wash Times

, information that has emerged from liberated Iraq has made the Levin critique even more untenable. In the Oct. 19 edition of the New York Sun, Laurie Mylroie noted, for example, that an 11-page document [found in Iraq and] dated Jan. 25, 1993, lists various organizations with which Iraqi intelligence

Deroy Murdock, Hussein Terror, NRO

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Saddam Aide in Syria Identified as Key Figure in Insurgency, Observer

Saddam aide in exile heads list of most wanted rebels A former Baathist based in Syria has been identified as the Mr Big behind terrorism Peter Beaumont Sunday October 17, 2004 The Observer A senior Baath party organiser and Saddam Hussein aide, Mohammed Younis al-Ahmed, has been named by western

Bartle Bull, Iraq's New Power Couple, NYT

New York Times October 15, 2004 OP-ED CONTRIBUTOR Iraq's New Power Couple By BARTLE BREESE BULL Baghdad Moktada al-Sadr's headquarters in Najaf is in a tiny alley next to the city's famous shrine of the Imam Ali. As the fighting between American forces and his Mahdi Army wound down in August, I

Richard Spertzel: Report Says Iraq Was Threat, WSJ Iraq News Note

Richard Spertzel, a former member of UNSCOM and a member of the Iraq Survey Group, writes in today's WSJ, It is asserted that Iraq was not supporting terrorists. Really? Documentation indicates that Iraq was training non-Iraqis at Salman Pak in terrorist techniques, including assassination and

Allawi Presses to Bring Back Baathists, NYT

New York Times October 13, 2004 THE PRIME MINISTER Allawi Presses Effort to Bring Back Baathists By EDWARD WONG and ERIK ECKHOLM BAGHDAD, Iraq, Oct. 12 - Seeking to speed the return of senior officials of the former ruling Baath Party into the government, Prime Minister Ayad Allawi has tried to

Duelfer: Iraqi Intel Trained Iraqis, Other Arabs at Salman Pak, NYT

"[A] branch of the Iraqi Intelligence Service known as M14, the directorate for special operations, oversaw a highly secretive enterprise known as the Challenge Project, involving explosives. A Pentagon intelligence report described by The New York Times in April detailed an operation in

Mobile Iraqi BW Lab?, WND

OPERATION: IRAQI FREEDOM Is this one of Saddam's mobile bio-weapons labs? WND obtains photos of unit capable of producing WMDs Posted: October 6, 2004 1:00 a.m. Eastern [Photos can be seen by clicking on URL at bottom of article] By Aaron Klein © 2004 WorldNetDaily.com A trailer found by the U.S.

Iraqi Charged for Visiting Israel, NY Sun

Mr. al-Alusi stressed that he was not afraid, but he said: I am nervous that the intelligence service will come after me. There are some members of the new intelligence service who have come in through the back door. By day they wear the uniform, but at night they are with the terrorists. 'I

WSJ, Bremer's Selective History

We now know that the Baath Party responded to Iraq's rapid defeat in the conventional war by going underground. And it used that honeymoon period to build its strength--as the Party of Return--for the guerrilla campaign that really kicked off in the late summer of 2003 Wall Street Journal

Saddam Had WMD, Extensive Terror Ties, CNSNEWS.com

Cybercast News Service CNSNEWS.com http://www.cnsnews.com/ViewSpecialReports.asp?Page=%5CSpecialReports%5Carchive%5C200410%5CSPE20041004a.html

WSJ, The CIA's Insurgency Iraq News Note

NB: This is a central theme of Bush vs. the Beltway. http://www.harpercollins.com/catalog/book_xml.asp?isbn=0060580127 The WSJ also makes clear an important point regarding what went wrong in Iraq. The CIA (not OSD) anticipated that the Iraqi police and regular army could be relied upon to

Southern Iraqi Provinces Push for Autonomy, FT

Financial Times Oil-rich Iraqi provinces push for autonomy By Roula Khalaf in London Published: September 29 2004 20:33 Iraq's oil-rich southern provinces are considering plans to set up an autonomous region - a move that reflects their growing frustration with the central government in Baghdad.

US Military: Insurgents are Mostly Iraqis, LA Times

Insurgents Are Mostly Iraqis, U.S. Military Says Bush, Kerry and Allawi have cited foreign fighters as a major security problem. By Mark MazzettiTimes Staff WriterSeptember 28, 2004WASHINGTON — The insistence by interim Iraqi Prime Minister Iyad Allawi and many U.S. officials that

Iraqi Judge Drops Case Against Chalabi, NYT

September 28, 2004 Iraqi Judge Closes Case Against Ahmad ChalabiBy EDWARD WONG AGHDAD, Iraq, Sept. 27 - A senior Iraqi judge said Monday that he had closed a case brought against Ahmad Chalabi, the

Iraqi Colonel arrested as spy Iraq News note

NB: In the period between the 1991 Iraq War and the 2003 Iraq War, the CIA, working with Ayyad Allawi, and his organization, the Iraqi National Accord, attempted several coups. Each time they were penetrated by Iraqi intelligence and failed. Allawi thinks you can use Ba'athists to fight

Jim Hoagland, Allawi's Premature Victory Lap

The Washington Post Allawi's Premature Victory Lap By Jim Hoagland September 19, 2004 Americans who resist basing judgments about world events on partisan or personal preferences confront a dilemma in assessing the current course of the war in Iraq. And the coming week will only sharpen that

Chalabi Aide Fired, Haaretz

Haaretz Last Update: 13/09/2004 22:26 Iraqi National Congress fires Chalabi aide for visiting Israel By Yoav Stern, Haaretz Correspondent Ahmed Chalabi's Iraqi National Congress has fired one of its most senior members for visiting Israel, a spokesman for the group said Monday. During an

Chalabi Aide, Many Iraqis want ties with Israel, Haaretz

Haaretz September 13, 2004 Many Iraqis want ties with Israel, Chalabi aide says By Yoav Stern Many elements in Iraq are interested in diplomatic ties with Israel, according to Mithal al-Alousi, an aide to Ahmed Chalabi and a member of Chalabi's Iraqi National Congress Party, who attended a

Fallujah Brigade was Fiasco, LAT

Los Angeles Times 7:04 PM PDT. September 10, 2004 Dissolution of Brigade Is Setback for Marines By Alissa J. Rubin, Times Staff Writer RAMADI, Iraq - The controversial Iraqi military force formed by the Marines in a last-ditch effort to pacify the restive city of Fallujah has been disbanded in

French Armed Saddam, Wash Times

The CIA, to avoid upsetting ties with French intelligence, played down the French role in helping Saddam. The agency had a weak human intelligencegathering capability, and France, because of its history of ties to Iraq, was much better at penetrating Saddam's regime. September 08, 2004 French

Saddam's Baath Party is Back, Knight Ridder

http://www.realcities.com/mld/krwashington/9595601.htm Posted on Mon, Sep. 06, 2004 Saddam's Baath Party is back in business By Hannah Allam Knight Ridder Newspapers BAGHDAD, Iraq - By day, Iraqis loyal to Saddam's Hussein's much-feared Baath Party recite their oath in clandestine meetings,

WSJ, The Price of Fallujah

The Wall Street Journal Review Outlook The Price of Fallujah September 8, 2004 Monday's car bombing outside Fallujah, which killed seven American troops and three members of the Iraqi National Guard, is the latest of many blows to the First Marine Expeditionary Force. The 1st MEF has the

WSJ Editorial, Charges against Chalabi Dropped

Wall Street Journal Review Outlook September 3, 2004 Charges Dropped Call it a victory for Iraq's fledgling rule of law. Iraqi politicians Ahmed Chalabi and his nephew Salem were cleared this week of charges brought against them last month by Judge Zuahir al Maliky. Both of the Chalabis had

Chicago Man Charged as Iraqi Spy, Chicago Tribune

Chicago Tribune U.S. says man was Iraqi spy Arrest is made in Des Plaines By Glenn Jeffers, Tribune staff reporter. Tribune staff reporters Amanda Vogt and Michael Higgins contributed to this report August 31, 2004 Federal authorities arrested a Des Plaines man Monday, saying he entered the

Daily Star: Hizbullah al-Qaeda: Friends or Foes?

Hizbullah and Al-Qaeda: Friends or foes? By Haytham Mouzahem Special to The Daily Star (Lebanon) Friday, August 20, 2004 The final report of the Sept. 11 Commission in the US argued that Al-Qaeda had ties with Iran and Hizbullah, but it also concluded there was no collaboration between Iraq and

Michael Rubin, Losing the Shia, NRO

NATIONAL REVIEW ONLINE August 19, 2004.Losing the ShiaIraqi Shia see a U.S. betrayal, and frankly, they should. By Michael Rubin Any semblance of a ceasefire evaporated today as fierce fighting erupted around the Shrine of Imam Ali, Shii Islam's holiest site. Even if Iraqi forces lead

Origin of Najaf Clashes?, NYT

New York Times LOOKING BACK 8-Day Battle for Najaf: From Attack to Stalemate By ALEX BERENSON and JOHN F. BURNS August 18, 2004 NAJAF, Iraq, Aug. 17 - Just five days after they arrived here to take over from Army units that had encircled Najaf since an earlier confrontation in the spring, new

NY Sun, Putin-ization of Iraq

Opposing a thorough investigation of the U.N. oil-for-food scandal, an investigation that might show Saddam funneled money from the program to neighboring tyrants. This issue is really over, he told Al Arabiya.We want to start a new life and forget about the past. We do not want to dig up and

Iraqi Police Fire on Journalists, Daily Telegraph

(see URL below for DT editorial on this issue) Daily Telegraph Police fire at reporters as US tanks roll up to shrine By Adrian Blomfield in Najaf August 16, 2004 The bullet that whistled through the lobby of the Sea Hotel in Najaf yesterday, embedding shards of glass into a foreign reporter's

Salem Chalabi Explains Situation, Wash Times

The judge, Zuhair al-Maliky, graduated as a lawyer three years ago, and was promoted to a senior judicial investigator after active lobbying by an American member of the occupation administration led by Paul Bremer, legal analysts in Baghdad said. The leap from student to junior investigative

NY Sun, The Goss Nomination

The New York Sun Editorial The Goss Nomination August 12, 2004 President Bush's choice to be director of central intelligence, Rep. Porter Goss, a Republican of Florida who was chairman of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, has shown precious little evidence so far of being the

Bush vs the Beltway--Paperback Release

For Immediate Release Contact: Lila Haber 212/207-7035 [EMAIL PROTECTED] BUSH VS THE BELTWAY: The Inside Battle Over War In Iraq By Laurie Mylroie "In face of the glibly-repeated slogan that America is'in search of enemies,' Laurie Mylroie shows that many i

Claudia Rosett, Oil For Food, Which Countries, Which Officials?, WSJ

Wall Street Journal THE REAL WORLD Strip Poker It's time for the U.N. to bare all and release its Oil-for-Food documents. BY CLAUDIA ROSETT Wednesday, August 11, 2004 12:01 a.m. EDT A hallmark of the United Nations Oil-for-Food relief program in Iraq was secrecy, which served Saddam Hussein all

Jim Hoagland, Strategic Failures in Iraq

Washington Post In Iraq, Strategic Failures By Jim Hoagland August 12, 2004 George W. Bush and John Kerry have been trading questions about their past views and actions on Iraq. Their campaign exchange is worse than pointless -- it is a distraction from the debate they should be having about

PBS NewsHour on Chalabis

http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/middle_east/july-dec04/iraq_08-09.html The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer STRUGGLE FOR CONTROL August 9, 2004 [Excerpt] RAY SUAREZ: Now, an assessment of the latest moves by Prime Minister Allawi to assert control over the country. For that we're joined by Larry Diamond,

Allawi Evicts Rival Parties from their Offices, AFP

NB: Will this also apply to Allawi's own party, the Iraqi National Accord? Iraq PM gives Chalabi's party 24 hours to evacuate Baghdad HQ Agence France Press August 10, 2004 BAGHDAD - Iraqi Prime Minister Iyad Allawi on Tuesday gave the party of disgraced Pentagon favourite Ahmed Chalabi

Michael Rubin, The Assault on Chalabi, NRO

NATIONAL REVIEW ONLINE August 09, 2004 Arresting Iraqi DemocracyAn American appointee goes after peaceful politicians. On August 8, Iraqi judge Zuhair al-Maliky issued arrest warrants for Iraqi National Congress head Ahmad Chalabi and Salem Chalabi, a trilingual Yale graduate heading the

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