Oh, the irony! Obama meets with Talabani. Where’s Alsammarae?

^{Convicted political fixer Antoin “Tony” Rezko and former Iraqi Minister of Electricity, Aiham Alsammarae}

NBC’s Laura Appelbaum writes July 21, 2008, that Sen. Barack Obama is “making the rounds in Baghdad today, meeting with Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, President Jalal Talabani and Vice President Tariq al-Hashimi.”

Well, if RBO’s memory is correct, and it is, Talabani served on the Iraqi Governing Council, appointed July 13, 2003, by Coalition Provisional Authority Administrator L. Paul Bremer, with Sen. Obama’s fellow Chicagoan, former Iraqi Minister of Electricity, Aiham Alsammarae.

Yes, yes. It’s the same Aiham Alsammarae who was wanted by Intel for the theft of at least $650 million in Iraqi reconstruction dollars (i.e. U.S. tax dollars) and was convicted in an Iraqi court for the same offense.

It’s the same Aiham Alsammarae who contributed to Sen. Obama’s presidential campaign fund (and whose dollars were dumped by the good Senator like a hot potato).

It’s the same Aiham Alsammarae who put up three of his properties as surety for Obama political patron and convicted political fixer—and Obama’s personal real estate fairy—Antoin “Tony” Rezko’s bond this past spring.

Speaking of one-degree of separation! Is it possible that anyone traveling with the Obama media circus was even aware of the irony?