 | Our old friend, convicted bank swindler and current head of the INC, Ahmed Chalabi, has apparently moved on from telling tall tales to Judith Miller of the New York Times, and is now regaling Michael "I'll believe anything" Barone of USNews & World Report. Thus, we have this essay, The good news coming from Iraq, in the most recent edition of the magazine. Instapundit linked to it (approvingly), so it must be hot stuff. But what do we read in the essay? Ignoring a summary of a recent Rumsfeld press conference, which consisted of nothing but what came from Chalabi's shop. Here are some excerpts: (emphasis added)Talking to Chalabi ... I got a far more optimistic picture of Iraq than has been painted in most of the press.
Much of the negative press, Chalabi argues, is due to translators who have their own anti-American agendas and give American and other reporters their version of what is going on rather than what the Iraqis being interviewed are saying.
Looking ahead, Chalabi described his proposal for the convening of a convention to write a new Iraqi constitution. Chalabi says that Bremer supports his proposal but that British representatives do not. Chalabi's American aide, Francis Brooke, predicts that the Governing Council will adopt a proposal much like Chalabi's.
AND ENDS WITH:You may have to search hard for it in most American news media, but there is good news coming from Iraq. |
showing the various business deals Chalabi and his brothers were involved with, most of which went south or resulted in conviction for fraud.
