Ahmed Chalabi
Profile: Ahmed Chalabi
Related Entities:
- Sibling Jawad Chalabi
- Owner Petra Bank
- Student Albert Wohlstetter
- Member Iraqi National Congress
Events (97)
- Summer 2004: Bush Foreign Policy Dominated by Small Core of Insular, Ill-Informed Advisers
- November 2005: Ahmad Chalabi Speaks of Need for Production Sharing Agreements in Iraq
- (Late May 2003): Chalabi Says US Presence in Iraq Is ‘Occupation’
- April 2006: Media Only Grudgingly Admits Being Duped in 2001 Salman Pak Story
- 2001: Curveball Has Some Connections to Iraqi National Congress
- Autumn 2003: Editor Privately Admits New York Times Was Not Critical of Chalabi Because It Heavily Relied on Him as Source
- March 2001: US Begins Giving Weapons Training to Members of INC
- Early 2003: Defense Intelligence Agency Concludes Intelligence Leads from INC Are of Little Value
- 1960s: Ahmed Chalabi Studies at University of Chicago; Meets Albert Wohlstetter
- 1977: Ahmed Chalabi Founds Petra Bank in Jordan
- 1979-1989: Petra Bank in Jordan Appears to Flourish
- Spring 2004: Neoconservative Calls Chalabi a ‘Treacherous, Spineless Turncoat’
- 1997-1998: Ahmed Chalabi Befriends Neoconservatives, Advocates Overthrow of Iraqi Government
- October 1992: Shiite Groups Join INC; Individuals Chosen to Lead Group
- 1992-1996: CIA Provides Support to the Iraqi National Congress; INC Misuses Funds
- August 1996: Iraqi Forces Invade Kurdistan
- 1985: Ahmed Chalabi Introduced to Richard Perle
- Late 1998: ’Downing Plan’ to Overthrow Hussein Government Rejected by General Zinni
- After 1996: Ahmed Chalabi Moves to Washington to Lobby US Government
- July 1998: Prominent Neoconservative Says INC Control of Northern Iraq Would Increase Israeli Security
- 1997: Ahmed Chalabi Says He Supports Normal Relations between Iraq and Israel
- 1998: Ahmed Chalabi Makes Friends with Republican Senators
- May 1991: President Bush Authorizes CIA to Create Conditions for Removal of Saddam Hussein; CIA Hires PR Firm
- After 1989: Jordanian Investigators Discover that Petra Bank’s Auxiliary US ‘Office’ Is a Chalabi-Owned Estate in Middleburg, Virginia
- (1994): Ahmed Chalabi Fabricates Intelligence, Forges Documents
- March 1995: Chalabi Military Operation against Saddam Hussein Fails
- 1998: Ahmed Chalabi Speaks of Restoring Iraqi Oil Pipeline to Israel
- July 1998: Ahmed Chalabi Asks UN Weapons Inspector to Do Intelligence Work for INC; Reveals His Own Ambitions for Iraq
- February 2002: Ahmed Chalabi Describes Plan to Overthrow Saddam Hussein
- 2004: US Government Has Never Questioned Jordanian Investigator about Ahmed Chalabi’s Involvement in the Petra Bank Collapse
- Late 1990s: Iraqi National Congress Sets up Office in Iran with US Money
- December 1997: Ahmed Chalabi Tells Scott Ritter He Has Close Ties to Iranian Intelligence
- 1958: Ahmed Chalabi Flees Iraq with his Family
- After May 1991: CIA Contacts Ahmed Chalabi
- (December 2004): President Bush Asks the King of Jordan to Pardon Ahmed Chalabi for Role in Petra Bank Collapse
- January 1996: CIA Ends Its Relationship with Chalabi
- Fall 2002: White House Creates New Interagency Task Force to Coordinate Iraq War Planning
- 2002-2003: US Government Works on Plans for Post-War Iraq
- January 2003: Bush Decides Not to Put Chalabi, Other Iraqi Exiles In Power After Overthrow of Hussein
- Before March 2003: US Trains Some Iraqis at Base in Hungary
- Summer 2002: Chalabi: Iraq Has Far More Chemical Weapons Than UN Reports
- October 2002: Chalabi Meets with US Oil Execs to ‘Carve Up’ Iraq’s Oil Fields after Hussein Overthrow
- October 2001: Syrian Exile with Ties to US Neoconservatives Forms ‘Reform Party of Syria’
- April-May 2003: New York Times Reporter Judith Miller Effectively Hijacks US Army Unit Searching for WMDs in Iraq
- October 2006: MEK Providing Dubious Intelligence About Iran’s Nuclear Capabilities
- April 2004: Chalabi Tells Iran that US Has Broken Its Encryption Codes
- Spring 2001: White House Pressures CIA to Drop Objection to Chalabi