Iraqi politician Ahmad Chalabi, 71, has died in Baghdad.
伊拉克71岁的政治家艾哈迈德·沙拉比（Ahmad Chalabi）在巴格达去世。
Chalabi influenced American lawmakers and presidential advisers to invade Iraq and overthrow the Saddam Hussein government in 1998.
沙拉比在1998年影响了美国国会议员和总统顾问去入侵伊拉克并推翻萨达姆政府。
Chalabi lived in exile until the end of the Saddam Hussein dictatorship. Officials said he died of heart failure.
在萨达姆独裁统治结束之前沙拉比一直流亡海外。有关官员表示，他死于心脏衰竭。
Chalabi influenced the U.S. Congress to pass the Iraq Liberation Act in 1998. That law stated military action in Iraq that former President George W. Bush said would bring democracy to Iraq and the region.
沙拉比在1998年影响美国国会通过了伊拉克解放法案。该法案确定了前任总统乔治·W·布什所说的将给伊拉克和该地区带来民主的军事行动。
He was friends with former Vice President Dick Cheney and many top Pentagon officials, according to the New York Times.
根据纽约时报报道，他是前任美国副总统迪克·切尼（Dick Cheney）以及许多五角大楼高级官员的朋友。
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.
纽约时报在沙拉比的讣告中报道称，沙拉比表示他认为萨达姆持有大规模杀伤性武器。2008年他躲过了一次暗杀企图。在那次袭击中，他是一位自杀式袭击者的目标。在此之后，沙拉比同作为激进什叶派领导人以及伊朗盟友的穆克塔达·萨德尔(Moktada al-Sadr)结盟。
In 2014, he was named as a possible prime minister candidate.
2014年，他被列为总理潜在人选。
He was born in Baghdad in 1944. His family went into exile in 1958 – the year Iraqi army officers overthrew the monarchy. Chalabi studied in America and taught at American University in Beirut, Lebanon.
沙拉比于1944年出生在巴格达。1958年他的家人流亡到了海外。这一年伊拉克军官推翻了君主制。沙拉比在美国留学并在黎巴嫩贝鲁特美国大学任教。
In 1992, Chalabi co-formed the Iraqi National Congress to oust Hussein. For the next 12 years, Ahmad had an on-again, off-again relationship with American presidential administrators and intelligence agencies. By 2004, he had been cut off from all aid by the U.S.
1992年，沙拉比与人共同组成了意图推翻萨达姆的伊拉克国民大会。在接下来的12年里，沙拉比同美国总统行政人员以及情报机构建立了断断续续的联系。到2004年，他被美国切断了所有援助。
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