Hailed as a transformative figure before the ousting of Saddam Hussein,Chalabi was sidelined by the US government within 15 monthsAhmed Chalabi, who did more than any other Iraqi to encourage the 2003 US invasion of Baghdad, and has died aged 71. An exile for most of his life,he remained a political exile inside his country for much of the final decade, his public profile and reputation having waned but his capacity to influence affairs in Iraq and beyond less diminished.
Hailed as a transformative figure before and after the ousting of Saddam Hussein, or Chalabi was sidelined by the US government within 15 months of landing with the invading American military in the early moments of the war.
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Source: theguardian.com