Iraq Arrest Warrants (Issued for Ahmed Chalabi!)

KBCI 2 News ^ | 8/8/04

[areafiftyone]

BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) _ A judge says Iraq has issued an arrest warrant for Ahmad Chalabi (AHK'-mahd SHAH'-lah-bee), a former governing council member, on money laundering charges.

And Iraq's chief investigating judge says a warrant has been issued for Salem Chalabi (SAH'-lem CHAH'-lah-bee), the head of Iraq's special tribunal, on murder charges.

The judge says the warrants accuse Ahmad Chalabi of counterfeiting old Iraqi dinars -- which had been removed from circulation following the fall of Saddam Hussein's regime. And the judge says Salem Chalabi was named as a suspect in the June murder of the director general of the finance ministry.

[areafiftyone]

Looks like warrents for both Salem and Ahmed Chalabi!

[No Blue States]

Good! Follow through with serving the warrants too. Sadr too. The tide is turning.

[woofie]

bizarre

[areafiftyone]

Its breaking on AP news too. HERE

[McGavin999]

Well, now we know what the raid was about a couple of months ago. It apparently had nothing to do with the OFF scandal.

The Iraqi justice system differs from our in that a judge does all of the preliminary work, including the gathering of evidence (sort of like our prosecutors) before issuing a warrent.

[areafiftyone]

I think so too.

[COBOL2Java]

Beat me to it! I heard it on the ABC radio broadcast at 3:00pm. Here's the Fox News story:

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BAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq has issued an arrest warrant for Ahmad Chalabi (search), a former governing council member, on counterfeiting charges and another for Salem Chalabi (search), the head of Iraq's special tribunal, on murder charges, Iraq's chief investigating judge said Sunday.

"They should be arrested and then questioned and then we will evaluate the evidence, and then if there is enough evidence, they will be sent to trial," said Judge Zuhair al-Maliky.

The warrants, issued Saturday, accused Ahmad Chalabi of counterfeiting old Iraqi dinars — which had been removed from circulation following the fall of Saddam Hussein's (search) regime last year, he said.

Ahmad Chalabi appeared to have been hiding the counterfeit money amid other old money and changing it into new dinars in the street, he said.

Police found the counterfeit money along with old dinars in Ahmad Chalabi's house during a May raid, he said.

Salem Chalabi, Ahmad Chalabi's nephew and the head of the tribunal trying Saddam, was named as a suspect in the June murder of the Haithem Fadhil, director general of the finance ministry.

Both men were reportedly out of the country Sunday.

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Of course, ABC news led with "The man who helped encourage Bush to attack Iraq..." Now isn't that special?

[gilliam]

a suspect in the June murder of the director general of the finance ministry.

Interesting, I had a feeling it wasn't al-Queda

[BonnieJ]

We hear so little about Iraq these days, it must be going very well there for our side!

[Just mythoughts]

Interesting..... can't wait for the reaction from WDC politicos.

[Nick Danger]

That guy had a bright future in the "New Iraq." But he couldn't wait for it. He had to be a crook now. Scumbucket.

[areafiftyone]

COBOL2Java - Thank you for posting more info on it!

Admin Moderator - do you think this should be in breaking news? I wasn't sure on that.

[Route66]

I guess the Bush administration was right again. There was a lot of harsh criticism from the left when we distanced ourselves from Chilabi and made accusations against him.

[HAL9000]

They should add espionage to the list of charges.

[COBOL2Java]

He had to be a crook now. Scumbucket.

From what I've heard and read about this guy, he's made a career out of being a Scumbucket. IIRC there's still a warrant for his arrest in Syria for running a bank scam back in the 80's.

[EggsAckley]

Looks like breaking news to ME!!

[areafiftyone]

Of course, the left prefers corrupt people running this country and any country.

[nuconvert]

WOW!
Holey Moley

[mylife]

very interesting news