It's appropriate in a way that BGR (see post below) should be representing Iyad Allawi in his quest to retake the mantle of power in Iraq as BGR early set itself up as a go-to DC lobby shop for finding love and riches in Iraq.

It was BGR, you'll no doubt remember, which set up former Bush FEMA Director Joe Allbaugh with his own Iraq rainmaking outfit, New Bridge Strategies ("your bridge to success in Iraq").

Perhaps not surprisingly the New Bridge Strategies website seems to have shaken off this mortal coil like so many other Iraqi ventures and people since we last checked in with them back in 2004.

But other profit centers have opened up. So I'm sure they're on to other promising leads.