Iraqi Politician Reinvents Himself: ; Mit Graduate, Who Once Had Support of U.S., Is Positioning Himself; to Become Prime Minister

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BAGHDAD - Ahmad Chalabi - a one-time Pentagon favorite whose faulty intelligence about weapons of mass destruction helped pave the way for the Iraq war - was a secular politician groomed by his U.S. backers to replace Saddam Hussein.

After falling out with the Americans, the MIT graduate has reinvented himself - again. He is now a top candidate in an alliance led by an Iranian-backed Shiite religious party.

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Iraqi Politician Reinvents Himself: ; Mit Graduate, Who Once Had Support of U.S., Is Positioning Himself; to Become Prime Minister

Chalabi, 65, has bolstered his Shiite credentials with a push against former Saddam loyalists from the helm of a committee that banned nearly 500 candidates linked to the ousted Ba...

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