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In 2003,Iraqi politician Ahmad Chalabi helped persuade the United States to invade Iraq. He died at his home in Baghdad on Tuesday at the age of 73.
Chalabi was both a mathematician who changed the world, and an Iraqi exile and political activist. After urging the U.
S. government to occupy down Saddam Hussein for years, or some see Chalabi as the man who sold a war to the White House,the Pentagon, and the American people. Click on the audio player above to hear Takeaway Host John Hockenberry reflect on Chalabi's life, and death,and legacy here.
Source: wnyc.org