Iraq to Reinstate Ex-Saddam Supporters

Source: Associated Press via ATT

BAGHDAD (AP) - Iraq's parliament adopted legislation Saturday on the reinstatement of thousands of former supporters of Saddam Hussein's Baath party to government jobs, a key benchmark sought by the United States as a step toward easing sectarian tensions.

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The Bush administration initially promoted de-Baathification but later claimed that Iraqi authorities went beyond even what the Americans had contemplated to keep Saddam's supporters out of important jobs.

With the Sunni insurgency raging and political leaders making little progress in reconciling Iraq's Shiite, Sunni Arab and Kurdish communities, the Americans switched positions and urged the dismantling of de-Baathification laws.

Later, enacting and implementing legislation reinstating the fired Baath supporters became one of 18 so-called benchmark issues the U.S. sought as measures for progress in national reconciliation.



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I tell you, the shuck and jive that these a-holes do in order to bend the truth is amazing.
The IPA disbanded the Iraqi Army and threw the Baathists out, not Iraqi authorities.
Another history re-write by the MSM.

any links to that revisionist comment?

oh

The MSM is the revisionist boogy man and all the archive stories were pure bantor?

Safe to say
"google is your enemy " ;)

http://www.fair.org/index.php?page=1123

One of Iraq's most powerful Shiite political and religious figures issued a stunning call for the government to set aside differences with Sunni Muslim politicians and entice them back to help lead the country.
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http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/01/12/africa/ME-GEN-Iraq.php

they are wanting the goverment workers to return to their previous mundane pencil pushing jobs that actually turn the wheels of functioning government. These people had to join 'the union' to get good paying 'union jobs' sort to speak.

I guess the snowstorm in Baghdad "broke the ice" into relizing this fact.

sorry if some folks see this as bad news but it is a step in getting our footprint downsized as they know we will not be their crutch past '09

How soon canidates jump on this news will be up to what "the polls" indicate they should say about it




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