Friends in Low Places

Plus ca change, plus ca la meme chose:

Iraqi Oil Minister Ibrahim Bahr al-Uloum has been temporarily released from his post amid a dispute over the government's petrol pricing policy.

He is to be replaced for 30 days by Deputy Prime Minister Ahmed Chalabi.

Yeah, that Ahmed Chalabi. The same guy that got 0.89% of the vote in preliminary returns, which probably won't even land him a seat in the Parliament.

This is only for 30 days and not permanent. But it's amazing how, despite setback after setback, this guy keeps popping back into influential positions in the Iraqi government. It's almost like he has a kind of patron somebody behind the scnes that's watching over him...