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Bush's controversial crony Ahmed Chalabi has not been elected to a post in the new Iraqi government. 95 percent of a preliminary tally from the Dec. 15 vote has been completed. Chalabi is approximately 8,000 votes short of the 40,000 minimum needed for him to win a single seat in the 275-seat National Assembly. Tallies show Ahmed received less than one precent of the "special vote" from Iraqi citizens in foreign countries, hospitals, the army and prisons.