Via Josh Marshall, the Houston Chronicle is reporting that an arrest warrant has been issued by the Iraqi government for Ahmad Chalabi on charges of counterfeiting.
The warrants, issued Saturday, accused Ahmad Chalabi of counterfeiting old Iraqi dinars -- which had been removed from circulation following the fall of Saddam's regime last year, [Judge Zuhair al-Maliky] said.Ahmad Chalabi appeared to have been hiding the counterfeit money amid other old money and changing it into new dinars in the street, he said.
Police found the counterfeit money along with old dinars in Ahmad Chalabi's house during a May raid, he said.
Warrants is plural in that quote because a second warrant has been issued for Ahmad's nephew, Salem Chalabi, who is head of the tribunal responsible for the trial of Saddam Hussein.
Salem Chalabi was named as a suspect in the June killing of the Haithem Fadhil, director general of the finance ministry.
Neither of the Chalabis was available for comment since they're currently "out of the country". I don't where they are, but I'm pretty sure Ahmad isn't in Jordan. He's already been sentenced to 22 years there for bank fraud.
What wonderful friends we have here in the US, no?
I keep wondering how low BushCo. will be able to lay our reputation in the world. And I keep getting surprised at the depths they've reached.