Ahmed Chalabi, Chief Peddler of False Iraq WMD Intelligence, Dies at 71
Iraqi politician Ahmed Chalabi, who played a key role in pushing for
the 2003 U.S. invasion of Iraq, has died at the age of 71. Chalabi was
the former head of the Iraqi National Congress, a CIA-funded
Iraqi exile group that helped drum up pre-war claims that Saddam
Hussein was developing weapons of mass destruction and had links to
al-Qaeda. Chalabi provided bogus intelligence to the Bush
administration, U.S. lawmakers and journalists.
Democracy Now! closely covered the rise and fall of Chalabi over the past 15 years.
