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Chalabi says he holds embarrassing documents about King Abdullah
Iraqi National Congress (INC) leader Ahmad Chalabi has taken possession of 25 tons of documents from Saddam Hussein's secret police, some of them onerous for the Jordanian royal family, Newsweek reported in its latest edition. "It's a huge thing. Some of the files are very damning," Chalabi told Newsweek in an interview, implying that some of the most incriminating material concerned Jordan's King Abdullah. The monarch, who has ruled Jordan since 1999, "is worried about his relationship with Saddam. He's worried about what might come out," Chalabi told Newsweek. Chalabi built and lost a banking empire in Jordan in the 1980s. After he was forced to flee the kingdom, he was convicted in absentia of fraud and embezzlement. Revenge is a dish best served cold. King Abdullah has recently said Ahmad Chalabi should not be in Iraq's new leadership because of embezzlement charges against him in Jordan and because of his long absence from Iraq. âWhat contacts does he have with the people on the street?â King Abdullah asked. Abdullah helped us out, hope we don't let a little personnel disagreement get in the way. This may just be a threat to get the Jordanians to back off on their lack of support for Chalabi. Posted by: Steve 2003-05-05 |
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