The Man Who Pushed America to War
(English,
19 minutes,
created 49 days ago by
kuros,
broadcast date:2008-03-26)
Aram Roston on “The Extraordinary Life, Adventures and Obsessions of Ahmad Chalabi” As the war in Iraq enters its sixth year, we take a look at The Man Who Pushed America to War. That’s the title of a new book about Ahmed Chalabi, the Iraqi exile who helped drum up pre-war claims that Saddam Hussein was developing weapons of mass destruction and had links to al-Qaeda. DemocracyNow! speaks with author Aram Roston about Chalabi’s past, his close ties to the US government, his role in the US invasion of Iraq and much more.