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Tuesday, September 28, 2004

Iraqi judge dismisses case against Ahmed Chalabi
Jeannie Shawl at 8:49 AM ET

Zuhair Maliky, chief judge of Iraq's Central Criminal Court, has said that the counterfeiting case against Iraqi politician and former Governing Council member Ahmed Chalabi (profile from BBC News) has been "temporarily dismissed" due to insufficient evidence. An arrest warrant had been issued for Chalabi after police found counterfeit Iraqi dinars in a house where Chalabi was living, but Maliky said that there was not sufficient proof that Chalabi owned the house. Tuesday's Washington Post has more.

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