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Day: April 18, 2003

Ahmed Chalabi – Oil Man in Baghdad By William Bowles

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18 April 2003

CF89D495-A7FC-4FBC-8EC3-FD2D72662515.jpgAhmed Chalibi The Thief of Baghdad

‘Mr Chalabi and his movement are failures and are not even qualified to run a grocery shop’. — Qatari newspaper Al-Watan.

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