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Chalabi severs ties with coalition Original Source Link: (May no longer be active)    http://www.thestatesman.net/page.news.php?clid=8&theme=&usrsess=1&id=43745 http://www.thestatesman.net/page.news.php?clid=8&theme=&usrsess=1&id=43745 Chalabi severs ties with coalition Agencies BAGHDAD, May 20. — Iraqi Governing Council member Mr Ahmed Chalabi today said his relations with the US-led Coalition Provisional Authority were “non-existent” after an overnight raid against his house. US soldiers and Iraqi police arrested several people in raids on the residence of the Iraqi politician and two of his offices today, and aides accused the Americans of trying to pressure him to stop complaining about US plans for Iraq after sovereignty is transferred at the end of next month. “My relationship with the CPA now is non-existent ...” he told reporters after claiming a firefight had narrowly been avoided between his guards and US-backed Iraqi police during the raid. “I am America’s best friend in Iraq; if the CPA finds it necessary to direct an armed attack against my home you can see the state of relations between the Coalition and the Iraqi people.” The former Pentagon favourite also called on Mr George W Bush to hand over sovereignty to the Iraqi people without delay. “My message to the CPA is let my people go, let my people be free. We are grateful to President Bush for liberating Iraq but it is time for the Iraqi people to run their affairs,” he said. Mr Chalabi claimed US authorities in Iraq were angry with him because “I’m now calling for policies to liberate the Iraqi people, to get full sovereignty now and I am pushing the gate in a way they don’t like”. Mr Chalabi, who once received US funding, has been at odds with his former patron on a number of issues recently. US officials here have complained privately that Mr Chalabi is interfering with a US investigation into allegations that Saddam Hussein’s regime skimmed millions in oil revenues during the UN-run oil-for-food programme. But Mr Dan Senor, a coalition spokesman, said investigation has “nothing to do with what transpired today”. Bush’s candid confession WASHINGTON, May 20. — Mr George W Bush has said the coalition is Iraq would transfer its authority to the sovereign Iraqi Government but warned that Baghdad could remain dangerous and unstable even after the transfer of political power. “It’s tough work there now because killers want to stop progress,” the US President claimed following a meeting with Italian Prime Minister Mr Silvio Berlusconi, part of the US-led coalition in Iraq. “It’s tough work after sovereignty is transferred because there will still be people trying to derail the election process.” — PTI

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