Home_____Ahmed Chalabi, The Man Iraqis Love To Hate
Ahmed Chalabi was the Pentagon's sweetheart. He has friends in high places, among them Paul WoIfowitz and Richard Perle. State Department had also been infatuated with him until certain people came to see him in a different light. Iraqi lore has him being smuggled out of Jordan in the trunk of a car. Why? Because he embezzled millions from a Jordanian bank. That's where the account below begins. According to it, Chalabi now wants to make good with Jordan.
In an Arabic article published in Elaph Mr Chalabi would pay 100 million Jordanian dinars in exchange for dropping Jordanian government allegations over Al Batra Bank. The Jordanian government accused him of fraud when he was bank manager. He was sentenced in absentia to a minimum of 22 years imprisonment after he fled Jordan.
After Saddam's fall, Jordanian media and government resurrected the issue. At that time Chalabi denied the charges and claimed persecution for his anti-Saddam position.
If innocent, why would he offer to pay 100 million dinars? Since he is now a high mucky-muck on the Iraq Governing Council, he should first explain himself to Iraqis. The Iraqis might ask him to exchange money with Iraq. He would give them his dinars while they repaid Iraqis for the money stolen when Saddam's daughters escaped to Jordan.
The main information comes from Hammorabi, Friday 14 Nov 2003.
