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2005-09-20 Iraq-Jordan

Arrest warrant for Allawi's defense minister --$1B missing

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Posted by Seafarious 2005-09-20 00:00|| || Front Page|| [3 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 They might find him in Switzerland.

Posted by Vlad the Muslim Impaler 2005-09-20 02:40|| 2005-09-20 02:40|| Front Page Top

#2 Lies, all lies. I'm still working with the daughter of the former Interior Minister of Nigeria in tripling the investment of our monies. I have the emails to prove it!

Posted by Hazim Shaalan 2005-09-20 11:49|| 2005-09-20 11:49|| Front Page Top

#3 Iraq's Commission on Public Integrity

Good Luck with that one folks.

Posted by DepotGuy 2005-09-20 14:56|| 2005-09-20 14:56|| Front Page Top

#4 I wonder if he's shopping for a pad in Cyprus with Benon Sevan?

Posted by Seafarious">Seafarious 2005-09-20 15:40|| 2005-09-20 15:40|| Front Page Top

#5 Here's an old snippet from al-jizz on
January 23, 2005, looks like he was trying to cover something up while in office with Allwai.

The denial of a warrant came after Defence Minister Hazim al-Shaalan said the Baghdad government would shortly arrest one-time Pentagon favourite Chalabi for staining his ministry's reputation.

"We will arrest him and hand him to Interpol. He sought to tarnish (the image) of the defence ministry and the reputation of the defence minister," Shaalan told Aljazeera late on Friday.

Defamation claims

Shaalan did not say how Chalabi had tried to defame him, but a spokesman for Chalabi's Iraqi National Congress (INC) said the outburst dealt with allegations Chalabi made about the secret transfer of millions of dollars out of the country.

Shaalan's comments put an unwanted spotlight on the financial dealings of Prime Minister Iyad Allawi's government, raising questions about its conduct.

Adding fuel to the fire, The New York Times reported that Allawi, Shaalan and a small circle of council members sent $300 million to a bank in Lebanon last week.

Iraqi officials told the newspaper the money had been sent out to buy tanks and other weapons from arms dealers for the Iraqi army, but the covert nature of the deal had raised eyebrows.

Ironically, Chalabi, a candidate for prime minister in the next government, has long been dogged by allegations of corruption and was convicted by a Jordanian court for embezzling funds from the collapsed Petra bank.

Posted by Jeamble Thomock3895 2005-09-20 21:47|| http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/C2DA549D-FB03-4E1A-85AF-BB0214727A24.htm]">[http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/C2DA549D-FB03-4E1A-85AF-BB0214727A24.htm] 2005-09-20 21:47|| Front Page Top

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