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...which secretly plotted against Saddam before Clinton went public, is still picking up the pieces of its shattered operation. More than five years ago, the agency poured millions of dollars into a guerrilla force of the I.N.C., a loose coalition of Iraqi exile groups led by Ahmed Chalabi, a wealthy Iraqi Shi'ite and skillful political organizer. But with the White House nervous about being sucked into a contra-style insurgency war, the CIA pulled the plug on its support for Chalabi's guerrillas and turned to Iraqi officers in Saddam's inner circle who might topple him. That ended...
...Chalabi didn't fade away after his defeat in 1996. Instead, he flew to Washington, where, to the outrage of the CIA and State Department, he began cultivating key Republican Senators such as Trent Lott and Jesse Helms, who forced Clinton to sign the Iraq Liberation Act. Chalabi hoped that the legislation would open the spigot on U.S. arms and training so he could field another guerrilla force...
...Chalabi and the other exile leaders want arms and real military training from Washington now. The Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (P.U.K.) and the other Kurdish faction in northern Iraq, the Kurdistan Democratic Party (K.D.P.), say they have 80,000 lightly armed fighters, while the Supreme Council for the Islamic Revolution in Iraq claims a force of 20,000 Shi'ite soldiers who have been launching raids in the south. Chalabi wants to train about 500 exile intelligence operatives, who would first infiltrate Iraq. They would be followed by 5,000 U.S.-trained Iraqi guerrillas, who would seize territory under...
...Chalabi--who hopes to land some of the Liberation Act's $97 million--insists the difficulties would vanish with a liberal application of cash and U.S. muscle. He wants guns and training now and tactical air support when his revolt begins. But few in Washington are willing to go along for the ride. Says Kenneth Pollack, a former CIA analyst: "Their plan is militarily ludicrous...
After the Gulf War, Iraqi rebels grouped themselves into a coalition called the I.N.C., believing that the U.S. would back them. CIA money started flowing in and later, in a private letter from Vice President Al Gore, the Administration assured I.N.C. president Ahmed Chalabi of its commitment, promising "whatever additional support we can reasonably provide...