Chalabi Scrambles for Position as the Political Land Rush Begins AFTER THE WAR
The returned exile is trying to get ahead of the crowd by signing up scores of recruits. But keeping their loyalty may be the challenge.
BAGHDAD � In the jockeying for control of postwar Iraq, few men have the name recognition � in Washington at least � of Ahmad Chalabi, the businessman whose return to his homeland after nearly half a century in exile was made possible by a Pentagon aircraft.
As new political parties spring up across the nation, Chalabi's Iraqi Democratic Conference is attempting to stay ahead of the crowd by signing up scores of recruits every day.
The returned exile is trying to get ahead of the crowd by signing up scores of recruits. But keeping their loyalty may be the challenge.
BAGHDAD � In the jockeying for control of postwar Iraq, few men have the name recognition � in Washington at least � of Ahmad Chalabi, the businessman whose return to his homeland after nearly half a century in exile was made possible by a Pentagon aircraft.
As new political parties spring up across the nation, Chalabi's Iraqi Democratic Conference is attempting to stay ahead of the crowd by signing up scores of recruits every day.
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