"When Chalabi established the Petra Bank in Amman, Jordan, in the 1980s, he favored small loans to military officers, non-commissioned officers, royal guards and intelligence officers. He developed a close rapport with then Crown Price Hassan who borrowed a total of $20 million. After Petra went belly up with a loss of $300 million at the end of the decade, Chalabi escaped to Syria in a car supplied by Hassan -- minutes ahead of the officers who had come to arrest him for embezzling his own bank. The Petra fiasco debacle left him sufficient funds to launch INC a few days later."

A demon, but not demonized. "Oh, what web we weave when first we endeavor to deceive, etc."