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Tuesday, April 8, 2003 at 10:00 AM EDT

Iraqi Exiles’ Vision of Post-War Iraq

Ahmed Chalabi has been airlifted into southern Iraq in recent days, prompting fresh speculation that the Pentagon is grooming the leader of one of Iraq’s main opposition groups, the Iraqi National Congress, as a future prime minister. A close look at how Chalabi and other Iraqi exiles are readying to mold civil society in post-war Iraq, and work with other countries in doing so.

Guests:

Patrick Clawson, Deputy Director of the Washington Institute for Near East Policy

Dr. Mahdi Al-Bassam Founding Member of the Iraqi National Congress and Member of the Board of Advisors of the Committee for the Liberation of Iraq

Fawaz Gerges, Chair of Middle East and International Affairs at Sarah Lawrence College and author of “America and Political Islam: Clash of Cultures or Clash of Interests.”

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