Political survivor Chalabi reaches out to Iraq insurgents
Shiite secular politician Ahmed Chalabi, long known as a vehment opponent of Saddam Hussein, called for talks with Iraq insurgents in the latest twist in a controversial career built on reinvention.”We have already started this process, we are meeting with people who want to fight the occupation,” Chalabi told AFP. The political chameleon, accused last year of trading US intelligence to Iran after providing volunteers for the 2003 US-led invasion, described the contacts as being with “those the insurgents look up to” and not the actual fighters.Full Story