Final respects to Iraq ‘WMD’ leader Ahmad Chalabi


Mr Chalabi, who died of a heart attack on Tuesday aged 71, was buried in Najaf yesterday.
Mr Chalabi became a Pentagon favourite when he helped persuade the Bush administration to overthrow Saddam Hussein in 2003 by pushing false allegations of weapons of mass destruction and links to al-Qaeda. However, he fell out with the Pentagon after the invasion, and was largely sidelined by other Iraqi leaders.
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Hide AdOther senior officials gathering at parliament in Baghdad included president Fouad Massoum and prominent Shiite cleric Ammar al-Hakim.
Mr Chalabi’s family was also there.
Mr Chalabi had most recently served as the chairman of parliament’s finance committee.