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...will rule a post-Saddam Iraq? The hawkish civilians who run the Pentagon have long championed the claims of Ahmed Chalabi of the exiled Iraqi National Congress. Putting Iraqis in charge, the hawks argue, will offset international criticism that the U.S. is out to colonize the country and jumpstart the transition to Iraqi democracy by bypassing the question of whether the U.S. or the UN should take charge in Baghdad. But the State Department and the CIA are deeply suspicious of Chalabi. They question his claim to have popular support inside Iraq, and warn against preempting the Iraqis' choosing their...
...Pentagon hawks note that Chalabi has said he would recognize Israel, an indication, they say, that this is an Iraqi who shares President Bush's vision of the Middle East. Detractors warn that a rush to embrace Israel would be the kiss of death for any new Iraqi administration. After all, Saddam's own propaganda has been based on telling Iraqis they're being invaded in the interests of Israel's security. Even without Saddam, there's no reason to expect that Iraqis' view of Israel would be substantially different from that which prevails in the rest of the Arab...
...Garner, would also take on the responsibilities of day-to-day civilian government, in preparation for an eventual hand-over to a democratic Iraqi administration. The de facto government would be Garner's administration, whose ministries would be headed by U.S. civilian appointees advised by handpicked Iraqis, including Chalabi and some close...
...Chalabi and his supporters, however, were irked at being confined to an advisory role, and have continued to agitate for a provisional government under their control. His patrons in the Defense Department have reportedly been waging a parallel fight over the identity of the U.S. administrators-in-waiting. Senior Defense Department officials have reportedly nixed a number of State Department nominees. And the bureaucratic infighting is about a lot more than personalities or turf battles. It goes to the core of the war aims...
...post-Saddam government in Baghdad could be expected to favor U.S. companies. Ahmed Chalabi, a leader of the Iraqi National Congress, the most powerful exile group, has met with U.S. oil executives and promised that American oil companies would benefit following a campaign to oust Saddam...