Iraq Details Plans to Uproot Baathists

[DoYouEverWonder]

AP Wire

January 11, 2004, 2:47 PM EST

BAGHDAD, Iraq -- Iraq explained Sunday how it will weed out members of Saddam Hussein's Baath party from government jobs, with the senior politician in charge of the purge saying 28,000 have already been ousted and a similar number was expected to follow.

Setting the tone for what may be in store, Governing Council member Ahmad Chalabi dismissed talk of reconciliation.

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He insisted that purging senior Baathists from public posts was not an act of revenge and would not be guided by rumors. He also said the new Iraqi leadership was prepared to sacrifice expertise if necessary to rid the nation of Baathist influence.

"It is a civilized operation to cleanse the nation of the ideology of the Baath and its effect on state organs," he told reporters. "The price we Iraqis must pay for excluding experienced Baathists is a reasonable price to pay. We cannot lead a normal life in Iraq if the Baath continues to exist."




I wonder if Chalabi loves the smell of genocide in the morning? It sounds like he plans to take Iraq down that road? I'm sure his plans are going to go over real well with the Baathists?

[madrchsod]

1. there`s one problem with this is the

Grand Ayat Allah Sistani said- ahhhh, not so fast.i think we need elections first. he is the most influential shia cleric in iraq. dam the whitehouse wants to get out of iraq really bad.....

[Just Me]

2. Let's just disable "democracy" even further towards civil war,...

,...Chalabi is a criminal and a "HO" that this administration bought and paid for,....

,...ahem *laugh*,...that would make this administration something akin to a,..."pimp".

GO FIGURE!!! How classic.

[Just Me]

3. We should "uproot" those "Freon Neocons",...

,...and we wouldn't even be towin' to any "HO" :bounce:

[daleo]

4. Mass graves coming up?

If so, these ones could be labelled "made in the USA".