Chalabi the pious Shi`a

According to The Angry Arab, Al-Hayat is reporting that some former Iraqi Governing Council members are leaving Iraq, running for their lives, while Chalabi tries to strike a last-ditch pose as a Shi`ite: “He sounded like Muqtada As-Sadr today trying to engage in one-upmanship with other Shi`ite leaders, berating the Americans for their violent campaigns in the holy cities, and recounting how he wanted to stay in Najaf to suffer the plight of his Shi`ite brothers.” I wonder how long Chalabi will survive, stripped of his neocon patrons, before he either flees Iraq or ends up a martyr. Is there such a thing as a neocon martyr? He did say he would “fall on his sword” for the Bushies.