Iraqi Police Raid Home of Leader Groomed by U.S. ; American Soldiers Stand Guard As Chalabi's Papers Are Seized

The Record, Bergen County, NJ › May 21, 2004

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BAGHDAD, Iraq - Iraqi police backed by American soldiers Thursday raided the home and offices of Ahmad Chalabi, a prominent Iraqi politician once groomed by the Pentagon as a possible replacement for Saddam Hussein.

The operation confirmed a growing rift between the United States and the former exile just six weeks before the return of Iraqi sovereignty. Two members of the U.S.-appointed Iraqi Governing Council, of which Chalabi is a key member, said they were considering resigning in protest of the raid.

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Iraqi Police Raid Home of Leader Groomed by U.S. ; American Soldiers Stand Guard As Chalabi's Papers Are Seized

"We are friends of America," Chalabi told a news conference several hours after he said police woke him up at 10:30 a.m. and entered his bedroom with pistols. "But when America treats its friends in this way, then they are in big tr...

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