Pro-US occupation puppet/thug versus Pro-US occupation puppet/thug: Chalabi versus Sha`lan. It looks like the feud between the Chalabi camp and the Allawi camp has intensified. In an interview with Al-Arabiyya TV (the pro-Allawi network), Chalabi alleged that the former Saddam Ba`thist, and current puppet Minister of Defense, Hazim Ash-Sha`lan, has smuggled $ 500 million into Beirut, and he also talked about US money and support for the Allawi ticket. US planes apparently have been used to transport the puppet Allawi candidates for campaign appearances. Sha`lan, within minutes, was given airtime to reply. Sha`lan, did not address the accusation but instead said that Chalabi had in the past smuggled embezzled money into Israel, and that he had been three times to Israel on secret visits since 1994, and that he is loyal to Iran. If you find those characters unsavory, they were brought to you by the US occupation, I mean, "liberation." But the thugs were indeed liberated.