"The revelation that lobbying firm Barbour, Griffith and Rogers, whose president is a former US envoy to Iraq, is supporting former interim prime minister Ayad Alllawi, was first reported by IraqSlogger. The firm has sent hundreds of e-mails in Allawi's name from an e-mail address it purchased, DrAyadAllawi@Allawi-for-Iraq.com, and it has purchased the Web domain AllawiForIraq.com." (Another bill US taxpayers are footing??)

http://rawstory.com/news/2007/GOP_Lobby_firm_hired_to_oust_0823.html

[Wikipidea on Allawi: "As of January 2007, he appears to have left Iraq for the relative security of Amman and London, according to the New York Times's Damien Cave.]