Title: Iraqi Politician Ahmad Chalabi Dies

Content: <div id='article-page'><div id='article-content' data-media-url='//news-app-staging.s3.amazonaws.com' data-base-url='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/601/iraq_audio.m4a' data-capture-url='//staging.analytics.lingraphica.com/events/capture_news' data-article-title='Iraqi Politician Ahmad Chalabi Dies' data-article-id='956'><script src='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/javascripts/getscripts.js'></script><link rel='stylesheet' href='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/stylesheets/article.css' type='text/css' /><div class='article'><p><span data-start-time='0' data-end-time='7313'>Iraqi politician Ahmad Chalabi, 71, has died in Baghdad.</span> </p><p><span data-start-time='7313' data-end-time='19083'>Chalabi influenced American lawmakers and presidential advisers to invade Iraq and overthrow the Saddam Hussein government in 1998.</span> </p><p><span data-start-time='19083' data-end-time='25479'>Chalabi lived in exile until the end of the Saddam Hussein dictatorship. </span> <span data-start-time='25479' data-end-time='29438'>Officials said he died of heart failure.</span> </p><p><span data-start-time='29438' data-end-time='38208'>Chalabi influenced the U.S. Congress to pass the Iraq Liberation Act in 1998. </span> <span data-start-time='38208' data-end-time='42854'>That permitted military action in Iraq. </span> <span data-start-time='42854' data-end-time='50083'>Former President George W. Bush said it would bring democracy to Iraq and the region.</span> <span data-start-time='50083' data-end-time='60125'>He was friends with former Vice President Dick Cheney and many top Pentagon officials, according to the New York Times.</span> </p><p><span data-start-time='60125' data-end-time='70083'>Chalabi said he believed Saddam Hussein held weapons of mass destruction, the Times reported in his obituary. </span> <span data-start-time='70083' data-end-time='74688'>He survived an assassination attempt in 2008. </span> <span data-start-time='74688' data-end-time='79708'>In that attack, he was targeted by a suicide bomber. </span> <span data-start-time='79708' data-end-time='88271'>After that, Chalabi allied himself with Moktada al-Sadr, the radical Shiite leader and Iran ally.</span> </p></div><div class='control-buttons-sticky' style='display:none;'><div class='control-buttons'><button title='Back' class='back' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Play' class='play' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Pause' class='pause' style='display:none;'></button><button title='Forward' class='forward' disabled='disabled'></button><button class='finished-reading' style='display:none;'>Done</button></div></div></div><div id='article-media'><div id='media-image'><img src='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/601/iraq_image.jpg'/></div></div><div id='question-content' style='display:none;'><div class='vocabulary_question question-container' data-question-id=4442 data-hint-location='7313' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/601/what_does_lawmaker_mean.m4a'>What does lawmaker mean?</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='people who make the laws'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/601/people_who_make_the_laws.m4a'><span>people who make the laws</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/601/an_article_in_a_newspaper.m4a'><span>an article in a newspaper</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/601/the_main_idea.m4a'><span>the main idea</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/601/the_killing_of_a_famous_person.m4a'><span>the killing of a famous person</span></div></div></div><div class='multiple_choice_question question-container' data-question-id=4443 data-hint-location='0' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/601/what_country_was_chalabi_from.m4a'>What country was Chalabi from?</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='Iraq'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/601/england.m4a'><span>England</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/601/india.m4a'><span>India</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/601/america.m4a'><span>America</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/601/iraq.m4a'><span>Iraq</span></div></div></div><div class='sentence_completion_question question-container' data-question-id=4444 data-hint-location='29438' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/601/chalabi__blank__the_us_congress_to_pass_the_iraq_liberation_act.m4a'>Chalabi <span class='blank'>influenced</span> the U.S. Congress to pass the Iraq Liberation Act.</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='influenced'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/601/scolded.m4a'><span>scolded</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/601/influenced.m4a'><span>influenced</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/601/condemned.m4a'><span>condemned</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/601/bullied.m4a'><span>bullied</span></div></div></div><div class='question-buttons'><button class='skip-button'></button><button class='hint-button'></button><button class='speak-button'></button></div></div></div>

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Iraqi politician Ahmad Chalabi, 71, has died in Baghdad.

Chalabi influenced American lawmakers and presidential advisers to invade Iraq and overthrow the Saddam Hussein government in 1998.

Chalabi lived in exile until the end of the Saddam Hussein dictatorship. Officials said he died of heart failure.

Chalabi influenced the U.S. Congress to pass the Iraq Liberation Act in 1998. That permitted military action in Iraq. Former President George W. Bush said it would bring democracy to Iraq and the region. He was friends with former Vice President Dick Cheney and many top Pentagon officials, according to the New York Times.

Chalabi said he believed Saddam Hussein held weapons of mass destruction, the Times reported in his obituary. He survived an assassination attempt in 2008. In that attack, he was targeted by a suicide bomber. After that, Chalabi allied himself with Moktada al-Sadr, the radical Shiite leader and Iran ally.

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