I don’t think anyone knows what’s going on in Iraq right now. Seeing the Forest isn’t normally an up to the minute newsblog, but this is getting so weird that I can’t help myself.
Nobody really knows who ordered the raids on Chalabi. No one really knows who chose Chalabi’s cousin Alawi to be head of state, either. Don’t ask me.
UPDATE: It seems now that Alawi was the American candidate, and that the Iraqis and the UN were presented with a fait accompli. The relationship between the raids on Chalabi and the Alawi nomination still remains unclear: Washington Post.
Chalabi’s office raided a second time by someone or other
Among the charges against Chalabi is implication in blatant corruption
Raid apparently was by private contractors hired by the State Department
Cheney and Chalabi were very tight buddies, but Chalabi was smarter
Chalabi’s dupe Michael Ledeen of the National Review spins furiously in Chalabi’s defense