Monday, May 24, 2004

Walking in Iraqi shoes for a day. News soundbite I'd like to hear, seeing as how its mirror image constitutes 90% of what many Americans are likely to hear each day concerning the war: "Today Iraqi freedom fighters came under heavy attack from gunmen loyal to radical Methodist politician George W. Bush. Despite American denials Iraqi intelligence has confirmed that most of the Bush-led militiamen are foreign fighters with ready access to weapons of mass destruction." [LewRockwell.com Blog] 1:21:32 PM    comment () Chalabi's home and office raided by US troops.  Political figure or "mafya boss?"  After tens of millions in DoD funding, why is this so difficult to figure out?  Update:  Andrew Cockburn in Salon shows that Chalabi was in the process of developing non-state terrorist/criminal enterprise bent on undermining the provisional government.  People don't realize that you can make mega-bucks in a failed state.  It looks like Chalabi responded to the allure of that non-state entrepreneurial wealth.  As Chalabi's old acquaintance told me today, "I think the U.S. moved against him because they realized he is a gambler, ready to bring it all down." [John Robb's Weblog] Of course he's both, as are many political figures. 9:11:35 AM    comment ()

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