Ahmed Chalabi Story aired: Wednesday, April 09, 2003
In the latest of American and British efforts to establish a postwar government with an Iraqi face in the country, the U.S. on Sunday flew Ahmed Chalabi, head of the opposition Iraqi National Congress, into southern Iraq.
Ahmed Chalabi is a controversial figure. He has been a recipient of CIA aid for at least the last 12 years, but his is not much trusted by the CIA. In Washington, he has bitter critics, but remains the choice of Paul Wolfowitz and other s at the Defense Department to be the successor to Saddam Hussein.
Retired Washington Post correspondent Jonathan Randal and Youssef Ibrahim, editor-in-chief at Energy Intelligence, profile Ahmed Chalabi, the man who could be president of postwar Iraq.
Guests:
Jonathan Randal, retired Washington Post Correspondent and friend of Ahmed Chalabi.
Youssef Ibrahim, editor-in-chief of at Energy Intelligence and senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations.
