Riddikulus

Richard Perle on Ahmed Chalabi, from May --

"The CIA despises Chalabi; the State Department despises him," said Richard Perle, a senior Pentagon adviser and key supporter of the war who has known Chalabi for 15 years. "They did everything they could to put him out of business. Now there is a deliberate effort to marginalize him."

"He has devoted his life to freeing his country," Perle added. "He is a man of enormous intelligence, and I believe the effort to marginalize him will fail. They will end up looking ridiculous."

Sunday in Iraq --

Also yesterday, Iraq's chief investigating judge said arrest warrants had been issued for Ahmad Chalabi, a former Governing Council member with strong US ties, on counterfeiting charges, and for his nephew Salem Chalabi, head of the Iraqi tribunal trying Saddam Hussein, on murder charges. He is a suspect in the June murder of a top finance ministry official.