Ahmed Chalabi
Profile: Ahmed Chalabi
Related Entities:
- Sibling Jawad Chalabi
- Owner Petra Bank
- Student Albert Wohlstetter
- Member Iraqi National Congress
Events (97)
- October 30, 1944: Ahmed Chalabi Is Born into Elite Iraqi Family 1944-10-30
- After August 2, 1989: Chalabi Forges Strong Ties with US Neocons 1989-08-02
- August 2, 1989: Petra Bank Collapses; Ahmed Chalabi Flees 1989-08-02
- June 10, 1990: Investigation Finds Ahmed Chalabi Responsible for Collapse of Petra Bank 1990-06-10
- April 9, 1992: Ahmed Chalabi is Convicted of Embezzlement and Sentenced to 22 Years. 1992-04-09
- November 12, 1997: Neoconservative Advocates Backing INC in Overthrowing Hussein 1997-11-12
- January 27, 1998: Scott Ritter Discloses Knowledge Gaps on Iraqi WMD to Chalabi 1998-01-27
- February 19, 1998: Neoconservative Group Calls on US to Help Overthrow Hussein 1998-02-19
- June 10, 1998: Evidence Seems to Show Iraq Created Warheads Loaded with Nerve Gas 1998-06-10
- October 31, 1998: Clinton Signs Law Making It US Policy to Remove Hussein in Iraq 1998-10-31
- April 9, 2001: Washington Post Columnist Lauds Chalabi, Advocates Regime Change in Iraq 2001-04-09
- September 19, 2001-September 20, 2001: Defense Policy Board Meets and Discusses Iraq 2001-09-19
- October 29, 2001: Sen. McCain Supports 9/11 Hijacker-Iraq Spy Story and Other Dubious Claims of Iraqi Links to Al-Qaeda 2001-10-29
- November 6-8, 2001: Fabricated INC Story of Muslim Terrorists Training in Iraq Electrifies Media, Builds Case for War 2001-11-06
- November 8, 2001: Bush Foreign Policy Adviser Says Al-Qaeda Far More Imminent Problem than Iraq 2001-11-08
- December 20, 2001: Iraqi National Congress Arranges Interview between Iraqi Defector and New York Times Reporter 2001-12-20
- February 12, 2002: Bush Official: Decision Made to Overthrow Hussein 2002-02-12
- December 20-21, 2002: State Department Oil and Energy Working Group Plans for Post-Invasion Iraqi Oil Industry 2002-12-20
- January 30-February 4, 2003: Powell’s Top Aide Refuses to Include Material From White House Reports in Powell’s Upcoming UN Speech 2003-02-04
- February 5, 2003: Powell Gives Fraudulent Presentation About Iraqi WMDs to UN 2003-02-05
- March 24, 2003: Antiwar Critics ‘Foolish’ to Predict Sectarian Violence in Iraq, Says Columnist 2003-03-24
- April 13, 2003: Chalabi Says Iraqi Reconstruction Should be Completed In ‘Only a Few Weeks’ 2003-04-13
- April 20, 2003: Times Reporter Claims Iraqi Scientist Led Army Unit to WMD Evidence; Claims Later Proven Wrong 2003-04-20
- April 21, 2003: Nation Magazine Finds Military Analysts Have Ideological, Financial Interests in Promoting War 2003-04-21
- May 1, 2003: Judith Miller: Ahmed Chalabi Was Main Source for New York Times’ Major WMDs Stories 2003-05-01
- July 25, 2003: Slate Reporter Slams Miller’s Erroneous WMD Reporting 2003-07-25
- August 16, 2003: Document Proves ‘45-Minute’ Claim Based on Single Anonymous, Uncorroborated Source 2003-08-16
- October 9, 2003: Chalabi Promises Proof of Ties between Iraq and Al-Qaeda, Never Delivers 2003-10-09
- November 24, 2003: Administration Official: Plans for Chalabi to Be US’s ‘Man in Baghdad’ Based on Nothing More than Faith 2003-11-24
- December 14, 2003: Hussein Captured by US Forces 2003-12-14
- February 18, 2004: Chalabi Says Iraqi National Congress ‘Heroes in Error’ 2004-02-18
- May 21, 2004: Zinni: Rumsfeld, Pentagon Neoconservatives Guilty of ‘Dereliction of Duty’ 2004-05-21
- June 4, 2004: American Enterprise Institute Scholar Defends Ahmed Chalabi 2004-06-04
- July 9, 2004: Former INC Official Admits Falsifying Defector Stories 2004-07-09
- June 8, 2005: Congressman Accuses CIA of Dismissing Source with Valuable Iran Intel; but Source Later Deemed Dubious 2005-06-08
- January 12, 2006: Syrian Exile ‘Wants to Be the Next Chalabi,’ Warns German Security Expert 2006-01-12
- September 8, 2006: Senate Finds White House Lied about Links between Iraq, Al-Qaeda 2006-09-08
- November 4, 2007: INC Denies Curveball Link 2007-11-04
- December 11, 2008: Senate Armed Services Committee Releases Summary of Classified Torture Report 2008-12-11
- Late March 2003 and After: ’Off-the-Books’ Team Sent to Iraq to Find WMD for ‘Political’ Purpose
- June 2000: Chalabi Pleased at Selection of Cheney for Vice Presidential Candidate
- July 2005: Italian Parliament Allegedly Names Chalabi, Bush Administration Allies as Likely Niger Document Forgers; Report Denied by Italian Officials, Press
- November 2000: Former Iraqi Nuclear Scientist Writes Book Warning of Iraqi Nuclear Weapons Development
- November 1993: Iraqi Exile Plans to Overthrow Hussein, with Approval of Clinton Administration
- 1985: Neoconservatives Meet Iraqi Exile Chalabi
- 1990-1991: Chalabi Furthers Ties with US Neoconservatives
- Early 1990s: Iraqi Opposition Leader Chalabi Deepens Ties with Iran
- Fall 2002: Cheney, Staffers Give INC Intelligence More Credence than CIA’s, Attempt to Inject INC Intel into CIA Analyses
- Late May 2003: 45-Minute Claim Sourced by ‘Unreliable’ Iraqi Defector, Britain Admits
- Late Summer 1996: Neoconservative Author Wants US to Redraw Map of Middle East