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Thursday, January 05, 2006

Oil Slick

Word has it that Ahmad Chalabi has become the oil minister in Iraq for a month or so. A month should give him time enough to replenish his bank accounts, shouldn't it?
Here's an oil ministry insider joke about it from Baghdad Burning.
“You know how they used to check our handbags when we first walked into the ministry?” She asked the day after Chalabi crowned himself Oil Emperor, “Now WE check our handbags after we leave the ministry- you know- to see if Chalabi stole anything.”

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