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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...
Those costs aren't likely to stop global oil companies from rushing to Iraq on the heels of the U.S. Army. But they will need to be patient. Fadhil Chalabi, a former Secretary General of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries and a member of the Iraqi exile group that met in Washington, tells TIME that it could take five years or more before Iraq can boost its output above levels first achieved more than two decades ago. And it will require the participation of foreign investors eager to repatriate profits from an Iraq mired in poverty and in desperate...
...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...
...I.N.C.'s Chalabi continues to divide the allies. Even his supporters in Washington were annoyed when he began crowing about the release of money for a secret spy program in Iraq. "He got a call from [the Pentagon]," says the State Department official, "saying 'Cease and desist--you're going to screw this deal.'" Chalabi may live in London, but he is not a favorite of British officials. "The I.N.C. has precious little influence inside Iraq," says one. "People see them as corrupt and Chalabi as a bit of a fraudster." The Kurds dominate in the north and are often...