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2004-12-28 Iraq-Jordan

Allawi stresses reconciliation for former Baathists

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Posted by Fred 2004-12-28 00:00:00|| || Front Page|| [7 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Here we go again,
Allawi and his 'reaching outitis'! This man has 'reached out' so much that I'm sure he has broken or dislocated shoulder blades! Allawi is conscripting his own destiny; mark my words, as soon as the insurgents and/or the Baathists see their opening to get close, he will be assassinated!

Posted by smn 2004-12-28 12:46:47 AM|| 2004-12-28 12:46:47 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 Allawi was once a member of the Baathist party, so this is not such a "stretch" for him. Makes you wonder why a Shiite like Allawi was allowed to serve in Saddam's Bathist run government in the first place?

Posted by joeblow 2004-12-28 1:23:25 AM|| 2004-12-28 1:23:25 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 Writing in a US newspaper, Iraqi Interim Prime Minister Iyad Allawi on Monday stressed that former members of Saddam Husseinâs Baath Party who have not committed crimes will be able to live normal lives if they respect the current law.

The question is, who's going to keep an eye on these people?

Posted by Bomb-a-rama 2004-12-28 3:54:09 AM|| 2004-12-28 3:54:09 AM|| Front Page Top

#4 This is a simple cover-ass gesture. The Sunni and the Baati are governed by evil, evil, I tell ya.

Posted by Capt America 2004-12-28 11:59:58 AM|| 2004-12-28 11:59:58 AM|| Front Page Top

#5 in a sense Allawi is correct

a lot of people joined the Baath party in order to keep their job or to get a promotion (Allawi was one of the latter) and did not commit crimes either under Saddam or later

having said that however you have to note that a lot of people collaborated in Saddam's crimes or helped cover up the crimes (Allawi left the country rather than do this - bless him).

Eventually, they must come to terms with this.

Of course the immediate problem is the terrorists and their supporters in the AP, Reuters, the tenured professors league of UC Berkeley, etc.

Posted by mhw 2004-12-28 12:02:08 PM|| 2004-12-28 12:02:08 PM|| Front Page Top

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