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11/11/2005:

"Chalabi claims he didn't mislead U.S."

WASHINGTON — Iraqi Deputy Prime Minister Ahmed Chalabi on Wednesday denied that he deliberately fed the U.S. faulty intelligence to strengthen the case for invading Iraq, calling such accusations "an urban myth."

Chalabi's comments to reporters came after he met privately with Bush administration officials and delivered a speech at a conservative think-tank here, in which he discussed his vision of Iraq's political future.

Chalabi also rebutted accusations that he passed U.S. security secrets to Iran and denied knowledge of an FBI inquiry into the allegations.

"I have no knowledge of any investigation about me," he said. "I did not pass any information to Iran or compromise the security of the United States. I did not pass any codes to Iran."
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