I thought that he said that it was not an interview, only around drinks, not that he was joking.
On Tue, May 25, 2004 at 04:26:08AM -0400, Michael Pollak wrote: > http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=%2Fnews%2F2004%2F02%2F19%2Fwirq19.xml > > Chalabi stands by faulty intelligence that toppled Saddam's regime > By Jack Fairweather in Baghdad and Anton La Guardia > (Filed: 19/02/2004) > > <snip> > > Ahmad Chalabi: 'we've been entirely successful' > > Mr Chalabi, by far the most effective anti-Saddam lobbyist in > Washington, shrugged off charges that he had deliberately misled US > intelligence. "We are heroes in error," he told the Telegraph in > Baghdad. > > "As far as we're concerned we've been entirely successful. That tyrant > Saddam is gone and the Americans are in Baghdad. What was said before > is not important. The Bush administration is looking for a scapegoat. > We're ready to fall on our swords if he wants." > > <snip> > > Turns out he was only kidding about that part. > > Michael -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929 Tel. 530-898-5321 E-Mail michael at ecst.csuchico.edu
