Well it appears to be nothing more than an actual death sentence to members of Saddam’s party. DDay explains: Essentially, this law forces a Baath Party member who wants a job in the government to appear before a judiciary board in public view and announce that they are an ex-Baathist, in a time where Shiite […]
They have reduced restrictions on the Baath Party “The law has been passed. We see it as a very good sign of progress and it will greatly benefit Baathists. It was passed smoothly and opposition was small,” said Rasheed al-Azzawi, a Sunni member of the committee which helped modify some of the language of the […]
Great! Why don’t the Iraqi parliament take another month off then! Iraqi legislators suspended parliamentary sessions Thursday until the end of the month because of the Muslim religious season _ the end of much-delayed efforts to pass U.S.-backed legislation aimed at achieving national reconciliation this year. Defense Secretary Robert Gates, meanwhile, welcomed a report from […]
Prior to the invasion of Iraq, Saddam made a vow to give us a “war like no other”. When he made those claims, many in the U.S. laughed at him. After our quick storm to Baghdad, those laughs got louder. Now we find out Saddam may have been speaking the truth: The Iraqi government’s list […]
From the AP Iraqis Miss Third Constitution Deadline By BASSEM MROUE, Associated Press Writer The speaker of Iraq’s Parliament announced a one-day extension early Friday in talks on Iraq’s new constitution  a fourth attempt to win Sunni Arab approval for the draft. But he said that if no agreement is reached, the draft would […]