SP has a job with the Guardian, a British newspaper. Terrific! Hope this doesn't mean he will tire of writing his very good blogs. I'll miss reading them if he becomes too busy to write. Nevertheless, I wish him well.

Another part of the opinion is that Chalabi had not lived in the country for decades. He may have his finger on information, but he didn't live it. This would make it difficult to trust the man. Well, he may not be interested in an interim position, but he is (probably) interested in a long-term position. I hope there is a better choice.

It's very interesting to read the Blogs from Iraq, not always good news, but very interesting. There is a new blogger and I'm hoping there will be more information coming out of Baghdad about what is going on.

News reports about Chalabi are not impressive. He seems to be cause for worry. It isn't the reports of the embezzlement; we don't know whether or not they are true. There would be reason for the regime to smear his image.

A part of the opinion is his entering Iraq and protesting loudly to get the electricity on. It wasn't news that there were difficulties, why wasn't he doing something about this, rather than shouting at someone else.