The Iraqi National Congress is the only umbrella organization comprising all elements of the Iraqi opposition.
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Among those attending the session is a representative of Ahmed Chalabi, head of the Iraqi National Congress.
Iraqi National Congress leader Ahmad Chalabi complained Wednesday of shortfalls already occurring in Iraqi cities like Nasiriya.
Iraqi National Congress (INC) that is representative of all the peoples of Iraq.
UNSCOM's irritation, to an Iraqi exile group, the Iraqi National Congress.
Recognize a provisional government of Iraq based on the principles and leaders of the Iraqi National Congress (INC) that is representative of all the peoples of Iraq.
Ahmed Chalabi, head of the Iraqi National Congress, one of the top anti-Saddam groups based outside Iraq, has said he would send a representative to the meeting.
The diplomats and planners, on the other hand, argue that the Iraqi opposition, especially the main organisation, the Iraqi National Congress, cannot be compared to the Northern Alliance.
Iraqi National Congress leader Ahmad Chalabi told CNN Wednesday the unconfirmed reports indicated that the Iraqi president had taken refuge in the city of Baqubah, northeast of the Iraqi capital.
But behind the scenes, Rumsfeld's aides have been promoting a team of exiles led by Iraqi National Congress boss Ahmed Chalabi, 58, a former businessman, to control the interim authority.
But we know that Ahmed Chalabi, the leader of the Iraqi National Congress, is not attending this meeting, he is sending a delegate, and that is a sign of those deep divisions.
Nabil Musawi, spokesman for the Iraqi National Congress, the longtime opposition group, said the arrest of Aziz and other top officials would allay fears among Iraqis of a return to rule by the Baathists.
And for years before the liberation of Iraq, they worked to thwart his efforts to bring it about and to preclude his broadly representative umbrella group, the Iraqi National Congress, from becoming a powerful and legitimate alternative to Saddam.
Renegade mid-level officials in the US Agency for International Development are considering whether and how to fund the resurgence of the Iraqi Communist Party (ICP) as a secular "anchor" against both Islamic political movements and the pro-American Iraqi National Congress.
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While some work toward this end has been undertaken, largely at the initiative of the Iraqi National Congress and opposition groups working with it, more much more needs to be done to establish an effective interim Iraqi alternative to the present, odious regime.
The air is thick with exotic, and highly unlikely, conspiracy theories, ranging from Ahmed Chalabi, head of the Iraqi National Congress, taking revenge on Jordan for financial fraud charges filed against him in the 1980s, to the Americans wanting to end all talk of multilateralism.
The fact that the individual in question the Iraqi National Congress's Ahmed Chalabi has arguably done more than any other Iraqi to effect his country's liberation and, subsequently, to support the consolidation of democracy there makes this case of "politician abuse" positively bizarre.
While some work toward this end has been undertaken, largely at the initiative of the Iraqi National Congress and opposition groups working with it, more -- much more -- needs to be done to establish an effective interim Iraqi alternative to the present, odious regime.
The Iraqi National Congress (INC), an umbrella group of all the significant anti-Saddam forces inside Iraq, has consistently requested Administration assistance for operations on the ground in Iraq ranging from the delivery of humanitarian assistance and information-gathering to military and technical training and lethal military drawdown.
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An internal report from the Iraqi National Congress, the chief Iraqi opposition group, says that during a televised procession at Baghdad's military parade ground last year, new missiles were displayed, including ones that appeared to violate the U.N. ban on long-range missiles that is meant to prevent Iraq from threatening Europe.
Matters can only be made worse if the raid on Chalabis organization actually was designed to prevent the release of damning documents from Saddams era said to be in the Iraqi National Congress possession, documents that could further inflame the burgeoning UN Oil-for-Food scandal and raise more questions about UN envoy Lakhdar Brahimis role in anointing a new, interim government.
And the with regard to this intelligence collection program, the reports that were obtained from the debriefings of these Iraq defectors were disseminated in the same way that other intelligence reporting was disseminated, contrary to one particular journalist account who suggested that the Special Plans Office became a conduit for intelligence reports from the Iraqi National Congress to the White House.
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And the -- with regard to this intelligence collection program, the reports that were obtained from the debriefings of these Iraq defectors were disseminated in the same way that other intelligence reporting was disseminated, contrary to one particular journalist account who suggested that the Special Plans Office became a conduit for intelligence reports from the Iraqi National Congress to the White House.
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