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"Chalabi zei dat Saddam twee weken geleden gesignaleerd is in het stamgebied van de Doeleim, tussen de provincies Dijala en Tikrit. Saddam zou een premie geven aan iedereen die een Amerikaanse soldaat doodt."

DS haalde haar info van de Arabische krant "al-Sharq al-Aswat.

Wat de krant er u niet bij verteld. En ik vraag me af of de journalist die het artikel schreef het wel wist.

Chalabi werd geinterviewd door de NBC :

"Chalabi said today during a question-and-answer session with "NBC Nightly News" anchor Tom Brokaw at the New York office of the Council on Foreign Relations."Washington Post

Het volledige interview is te vinden op: A Conversation with Ahmad Chalabi

Uit de inleiding van het interview:

"om Brokaw [TB]: Good morning. I'm Tom Brokaw, here with Ahmad Chalabi, and before we begin the program, a reminder: these are to be turned off. The house rules here at the gulag (Laughter) Council on Foreign Relations, of which there are many, as you know…."

"I talked to your friend Richard Perle last fall, and we talked about the consequences of war and what the possible outcome might be, and one of the concerns I had at that time, and I think a lot of people in this room probably shared that, is that once the military victory was over, which everyone anticipated, how long it would take for Iraq to arrive at some form of self-government, and Richard Perle said with characteristic confidence, "Oh, I think the Iraqis can get themselves organized within a year." Do you think that that's possible?…"

Over de Council on Foreign Affairs:

What is the Council on Foreign Relations? When and why was it formed?

The Council on Foreign Relations was founded in 1921 by businessmen, bankers, and lawyers determined to keep the United States engaged in the world.

Is the Council on Foreign Relations secret?

Absolutely not. From the start, the Council has published the results of their study groups and task forces, as well as an annual report. In addition, Council Fellows and members often write books, magazine and journal articles and opinion pieces that appear in newspapers like the New York Times, Washington Post, Wall Street Journal and Los Angeles Times.

What is the Council managed? Who is in charge?

The Council is governed by a standard corporate structure: the Chairman of the 31-member board provides overall direction, the President leads the daily operations.

Peter G. Peterson, Chairman of the Blackstone Group, a private investment bank, is Chairman of the Council. William J. McDonough, President and CEO of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, and Carla A. Hills, Chair and Chief Executive Officer of Hills & Company, are Vice Chairmen. Leslie H. Gelb, a former senior government official and New York Times editor and columnist, is President.

FAQs on the Council on Foreign Relations

Het is diezelfde Council on Foreign Affairs die dit schreef:

Guiding Principles for .S. Post-Conflict Policy in Iraq // Volledige versie tekst(PDF)

Daaruit:

"Therefore, any efforts to secure Iraq's oil installations and its future production must be clearly and credibly presented as actions taken to protect the country's wealth on behalf of all segments of the Iraqi population. Information about oil production, repairs, future investment, oil exports, and sales must be made transparent and involve both international and Iraqi oversight. The United States should develop a strategy for demonstrating that any military or administrative involvement takes place in conjunction with Iraqi nationals and with international cover, and is designed only to protect the resources of the Iraqi nation."

En het was ook voor diezelfde Council dat Rumsfeld een speech gaf, in welke hij het volgende zei over de massavernietgingswapens :

"It is also possible that they decided that they would destroy them prior to a conflict."

En ook dit komt uit die speech, Rumsfeld over Blix en een geschil met een journalist:

Peterson: Don, I must say that if you ever start referring to me as Mr. Peterson, I will be reassessing our relationship. (Laughter.)

-Okay, about how --

-Rumsfeld: Are you talking about Mr. Blix? I don't know Mr. Blix.

-Peterson: (Laughs.)

-Rumsfeld: I don't!

-Q: How about this row? You called on me and then you went to somebody else when you saw who it was.

-(Moans of disapproval and "nos" from the audience.)

-Peterson: All right. Go ahead, please.

-Q: Thank you. -Peterson: (Whispering to Mr. Rumsfeld) It's better we don't wait for a mike.

-Q: Lucy Commisar (sp). I'm a journalist. It's been shown by --

-Rumsfeld: Pardon me. What'd you say?

-Q: Lucy Commisar (sp), journalist. It's been shown by --

-Rumsfeld: Journalist with who?

De rest van de tekst kan je lezen op:

Council on Foreign Relations (Transcript) Remarks as delivered by Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld, New York, NY, Tuesday, May 27, 2003.

Website Council on Foreign Affairs