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Have I been out of the loop? When did this story break?
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I guess it was just now, but still...
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Yeah, two hours ago.
So, this is bad for us. If it's true, then Chalabi and nephew are on the outs. Chalabi is still seen as tied to us, and what does that do to the tribunal for Saddam that the nephew is the head of?
If it's false, then is it actually personally and politically motivated as Chalabi claims. That would mean no headway gained with the new government... factions against factions.
Not only were both men out of the country when this came up... well, this bit troubles me. Guess why?
Speaking from Iran, Ahmed Chalabi told CNN: "This is completely manufactured. I am heading back to Baghdad to confront it.
While CNN simply reports the recent attack in Mosul as being conducted by insurgents Link, other sources Link claim they were Al-Qaeda (in the main part of the blog) and possibly even from Iran (less believable, as it's just a comment there, but...).
As I've told the soldiers in my platoon who have the misguided belief that I'm the subject matter expert on all things Middle East, "there's no easy answer to Iraq." And I think it just got harder."