The Staton Jones Report

Several media outlets are reporting that Ahmad Chalabi is being ousted from the IRC, and that his offices in Baghdad and his home in an exclusive neighborhood were raided by U.S. forces today.

Most stories are reporting that his feuding with Paul Bremer has lead to this radical turn of events for Chalabi, but I have to wonder if his clandestine ties to Iran's rulers and the fact that Chalabi has been fingered as the source of the bad ("bad? Try utterly ridiculous", methinks) intel that Bush used to "justify" his war.

Payback's a bitch.

Oh, and there's a scandal brewing with regard to currency revaluation that sounds suspiciously like the banking fraud that got Chalabi prison time in Jordan (fear not, dear reader, his ass has never been in danger — yet). He's double-crossed the U.S. (and the neo-cons in particular), Israel (no pipeline deal — it was all lies), and of course, Iraqis (pretty much all of them). Get this man a Nobel Peace Prize application.

This just in ...

Salon has a follow on story claiming that Chalabi got the DEA treatment ("knock knock" ... "who's there?" ... Boot to Head) because he was plotting to create a splinter government to challenge the U.S. backed "hand off" government which no longer planned to feature ol' Ahmad in charge.

"Ahmed is gathering groups to bring this new government down even before July 1. He is in a very destructive phase, mobilizing forces to make sure the U.N. initiative -- due to be announced in 10 days -- fails." Chalabi has reportedly been inflaming his recruits with reports that veteran Algerian diplomat Brahimi is part of a Sunni conspiracy bent on undermining the rights of Iraqi Shiites to hold power in Iraq.

Remember, sports fans, this is our hand picked guy to lead Iraq up until last week.

Worst. Takeover. Ever.