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Article: Chalabi positions himself to become Iraq's prime minister.
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- Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL)
- Article date:
- February 15, 2005
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Byline: Liz Sly
BAGHDAD, Iraq _ If things had worked out differently, it might have been Ahmad Chalabi who was installed as prime minister by the American occupation authorities and Chalabi who made a poor showing in Iraq's first democratic election.
But the former Pentagon favorite took a different path. He fell out with his American sponsors, cozied up to the Shiites in the south and hitched his wagon to the powerful slate of candidates backed by Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani that won the largest share of the vote.
And now he's a candidate to become prime minister in Iraq's democratically elected government.
Meanwhile, the ...