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1.	Name:	Ahmad Abdel Hadi Chalabi, Ph.D.
2.	Title:	Member of Iraqi Governing Council, former leader of Iraqi National Congress
3.	U.S./Iraq Position:	PRO to the question Should the U.S. have attacked Iraq?
4.	Reasoning:	"I don't believe the United Nations would be able to play a central role in Iraq. It has become a de facto ally of Saddam Hussein" (04/15/03) "The most basic reason of any country to take military action, self defense, they think that they are under threat from Saddam, there they think that Saddam is planning and is capable of conducting terrorism in the United States, possibly with unconventional weapons and this is a major threat. The United States is faced with this choice, do they see the civilians killed in the tens of thousands in their own cities as they're going on into their own business or are they prepared to use their military, to eliminate this imminent threat to them and end it once and for all by helping the Iraqi people establish democracy now?" (02/09/02)
5.	Credibility Ranking:	Expert/VIP PhD's, JD's (lawyers), Judges, Members of Congress, Ambassadors, Council Generals, heads of government, members of legislative bodies with significant involvement in, or related to, the US-Iraq conflict.
6.	Involvement:	September 2003-present - Member of Iraqi Governing Council (presently maintains significant role in Council) July 2003-August 2003 - President of Iraqi Governing Council 1991 - Founder and Leader of London-based Iraqi National Congress (INC)
7.	Education:	1969 - University of Chicago, Ph.D. in Mathematics 1965 - Massachusettes Institute of Technology
8.	Relevant Affiliations:	July 2003 - Was one of nine Iraqi Governing Council members chosen to serve as president for a month of the U.S.-backed, self-rule body in July 2003 1993-1996 - With support from the CIA more than $10 million of his family's money, Chalabi's Iraqi National Congress (I.N.C.) created an open political opposition movement in northern Iraq 1989 - Petra Bank seized by the Jordanian government, Chalabi convicted in absentia of embezzlement by a Jordanian court in 1992 1977 - Opened Petra Bank in Amman, Jordan 1975 - Math professor at the American University in Beirut until outbreak of civil war Ahmad Chalabi is the son of a wealthy banking family whose grandfather, father and brother held prominent posts in Iraqi governments until Saddam Hussein's Baath Party seized power in 1958
9.	Contact Info:	Phone: I.N.C. Washington D.C. (202) 338-5517 / I.N.C. London, U.K. (0181) 960-4007 FAX: not listed E-Mail: not listed Web Site(s): not listed
10.	Other:	not listed

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