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| Affiliation | Iraqi National Congress |
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| Name | Ahmed Chalabi |
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| Email | None |
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October 30, 1944
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| Died | November 03, 2015
(71 years)
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| Contributor | 411 Name Removed |
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| Info | Ahmed Abdel Hadi Chalabi is part of a three-man executive council for the umbrella Iraqi opposition group, the Iraqi National Congress (INC), created in 1992 for the purpose of fomenting the overthrow of Iraqi president Saddam Hussein. The INC has received major funding and assistance from the United States.
Chalabi is a highly controversial figure for many reasons. In the lead-up to the 2003 invasion of Iraq, under his guidance the INC provided a major portion of the information on which U.S. Intelligence based its condemnation of Saddam Hussein, including reports of weapons of mass destruction and alleged ties to al-Qaeda. Much of this information has turned out to be false. In addition, many observers point to the cozy political and business relationships between Chalabi and some members of the United States government, including some prominent neoconservatives within the Pentagon. It has been reported that Chalabi has had political contacts within the PNAC. He also enjoyed considerable support among politicians and political pundits in the United States, most notably Jim Hoagland of the Washington Post, who held him up as a notable force for democracy in Iraq. Chalabi's opponents, on the other hand see him as a charlatan of questionable allegiance, out of touch with Iraq and with no effective power base there. In a survey of nearly 3000 Iraqis in February 2004 (by Oxford Research International, sponsored by the BBC in the United Kingdom, ABC in the U.S., ARD of Germany, and the NHK in Japan), only 0.2% of respondents said he was the most trustworthy leader in Iraq.
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