 Pakupera kwema1980, mhuri yekwaAl-Khalil yakatambura zvimwe zvipingamupinyi: apo Petra Bank yaAhmad Chalabi yaive muAmman yakaputsika muna Nyamavhuvhu 1989, murume waMaha al-Khalil Talal Chalabi akapomerwa nezvapupu zveJordanian kuti aibatsirwa nemari kubva mukubiridzira kwebhangi kwemamiriyoni mazana maviri emadhora akaitwa nemukoma wake. Ahmad Chalabi gare gare aizopfuurira kugovera hurumende dzeUS neUK nemashoko enhema ayo pakupedzisira akatungamirira kukunda kwavo Iraq muna 2003. 