Touted leader's path to power not inevitable

AHMED Chalabi has been described by his supporters in Washington as a "rare find" a man deeply rooted in the Arab world but fundamentally a Westerner.

But the man touted in some quarters as the future leader of Iraq cannot boast universal support far from it.

As leader of the Iraqi National Congress (INC), the exiled Dr Chalabi is one of the best known of Saddam Hussein's many opponents.