Doctor [Ahmed Chalabi][1] earned a [PhD][2] from the University of Chicago in 1969, founded [Petra Bank][3] in 1977, was sentenced in absentia in Jordan for [bank fraud][4] in 1992, and (allegedly) very successfully lobbied for the [2003 Invasion of Iraq][5].


  [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ahmed_Chalabi
  [2]: https://mathgenealogy.org/id.php?id=6597
  [3]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petra_Bank
  [4]: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/not_in_website/syndication/monitoring/media_reports/2291649.stm
  [5]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2003_invasion_of_Iraq