Maliki has been in talks with the third leading Shia party to form a coalition, but with a recent de-baathification agreement and the commissions findings, his claim on power and leadership would be seen as illegitimate especially from the minority Sunnis and Kurds who helped elect Allawi and are eager to see a secular and independent government (read not influenced by Washington or Tehran) emerge. ❋ Unknown (2010)
However, as other Iraq and counterinsurgency experts point out, the surge's security gains can be reversed if important political issues such as oil wealth distribution and de-baathification remain unresolved. ❋ Unknown (2009)
Certainly, they had their de-baathification law that's right in front of them right now. ❋ Unknown (2008)
The central government in Bagdhad is Shiite dominated and continues its purge of Sunnis with its new de-baathification law which isn't that at all. ❋ Ann Althouse (2008)
The so-called -- the laws that they passed when you read the fine print, most of them really are not effective, whether it's the amnesty law, the de-baathification law, or even the provincial elections. ❋ Unknown (2008)
The accountability and justice law, de-baathification reform passed after lengthy and often contentious debate and reflects a strength and spirit of reconciliation as does a far-reaching amnesty law. ❋ Unknown (2008)
I think if we had been able to take advantage of those windows of opportunity and specifically, we had implemented de-baathification effectively as envisioned, then we would have been able to achieve greater security and we probably would have been able to reduce the number of forces that we have there. ❋ Unknown (2008)
And the fake anti-baathification law doesn't count, everyone knows it is Orwellian doublespeak. ❋ Ann Althouse (2008)
ROBERTS: In terms of these windows of missed opportunity, in your book you cite they happened in the first few months after the invasion, particularly on the issue of de-baathification. ❋ Unknown (2008)
Now we are due to end the oil (INAUDIBLE) which will have revenue sharing for all Iraqis, due to review the de - baathification. ❋ Unknown (2007)
Paul Bremmer came into Iraq in 2003 and immediately fired thousands of Iraqi bureaucrats, intelligence emloyees, teachers and government employees in a “de-baathification” project that ultimately ended up creating willing fodder for the insurgency. ❋ Unknown (2007)
We disbanded their police and military with de-baathification and the country is now overrun by militias. ❋ Unknown (2007)
We expect the next week when they come back into session they'll take that up, as well as what we call the reform legislation for de-baathification, and they are getting ready to take the necessary implementing measures in their legislature to take that on as well. ❋ Unknown (2007)
And I think that the politics in the oil division and the conciliation and the de-baathification are less important know than the stand-up of the Iraqi military. ❋ Unknown (2007)
First, our serious reconciliation and the de - baathification program, we'll modify it significantly. ❋ Unknown (2007)
Recently when Prime Minister Maliki agreed to the de-baathification, Ayatollah Sistani came out against it and support under Shia basically evaporated for supporting de-baathification. ❋ Unknown (2007)
Most Sunnis are highly skeptical of his motives as he had not called for an end to de-baathification. ❋ Unknown (2006)
I believe we can do so by meeting the legitimate political demands of the Sunni nationalist insurgents with a substantial re-baathification and a timetable for a full withdrawal of all American forces. ❋ Unknown (2006)
This was communicated to leadership within the governing council, including the de-baathification committee of the governing council well before there was any violence in Fallujah. ❋ Unknown (2004)
There are a lot of different, new directions that are being taken by the coalition provisional authority such as the de-baathification process, returning the minister of defense. ❋ Unknown (2004)
