HISTORY 241 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Peace Companies, Pragmatism, Al-Qaeda
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Ahmad chalabi and the inc iraq war: chalabi from prominent commercial family close to the monarchy in iraq. Picked by us agencies in 1990s to keep opposition groups conspiring against saddam regime in alignment with each other. Unites major shiite and kurdish factions under inc (iraqi national. Factional divides made the different groups not work together very well. Chalabi was successful in countering this as a leader. Wouldn"t give us any receipts for his expenses. When us goes into iraq 2003, he tries to put his inc as main government to iraq. Us eventually cuts off all ties with chalabi: groups under chalabi opposition group. All remain in majority of government in iraq. Relationship between al-qaeda and taliban (afghanistan: 55 brigades of taliban, 55th brigade wasn"t pashtun, but volunteers from the arab world. Organized under banner of al-qaeda and bin laden.
