Inside Iraq - Al-Maliki courts Baathists - 20 Mar 09 - Part 1

Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki's latest call for reconciliation with members of the former regime came in the wake of his strong showing in the recent provincial elections.

He urged Iraqis to forgive those who worked - many by force - with Saddam Hussein's Baath Party. Those who did not commit crimes against civilians should be forgiven, he told his supporters.

Critics have pointed out that al-Maliki's offer is clearly related to his need for wider political support ahead of the parliamentary elections in December.

But the real question is how the call to include former Baathists into the political mainstream will impact Iraq's stability and political climate today.

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• Nouri al-Maliki
• Inside Iraq
• Baathists
• Baath Party
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[TheNova1960]

Religion, tribes, and dictators perfect ingredients for war! This will never end.

[Kalahridudex]

free kurdistan

[hointer]

@StolzerKurde92. U have NO country peter pan!

[AxePowerx]

this contry that u say it shouldn't have existed , it has existed way long than ur shit garbage contry, Iraq is thousands of years old and Well America is barly 200 years, so our arabic empires r way older than ur shit white empires u fucking shit

[AxePowerx]

RIP saddam i hope he was here to burn ur fucking kurd ass u fucking kurdy, we r tryiong to unite the arabs and u r trying to get independance, FFS kos omak

[StolzerKurde92]

Dude go marry a Camel and be a happy arab you little peace of trash !

Iraq....hahaha this "Country" should never exist but you can call yourself iraqi because of our english friends....

Go back to Africa where you are from ;)

[Arsenal3609]

ok you idoit...first of all keep dreaming of geting a country cause u monutian donkeys will never get one...go fuck ur self and remember to put Iraq on top of ur head ...biji IRaq...Fuck Kurdistan

[StolzerKurde92]

Why have my people life with this Sand Monkeys?? We Kurds should get our Country and seperate us from these fucking Donkeys !! The USA dont let us become Independence......and our leader are both stupid motherfuckers who are scared ....... man when we will get a leader who finally says : This is the border of Kurdistan and we are kurds not iraqis !!

Biji Kurd u Kurdistan !

[courseworkdue]

Yeah typical... always talking about beheading... You animals are savages

[WKaliberr]

Jade Goody

[carlinoversace]

the baathists brought Al-Qaeda to Iraq and exploited its ideologies to bring suicide bombers and foreign fighters into Iraq to fight the new iraqi govt and americans (to make them look weak and useless). The baathists are harboured in SOME sunni areas of iraq because the tribes there believe in fighting the occupier. This is why when the tribes of anbar (sahwa) joined the americans, attacks in Iraq plummeted markedly within weeks.

[newnikesho]

u dont know what your saying! do yo know what the baathist ideology is? do you know what the sunni ideology is? 2veryy opposite groups.

[newnikesho]

good video

[carlinoversace]

the support base of al-qaeda lies in the baathists. and the support base of the baathists lies in the sunnis. Therefore if you re-intgrate the non criminal elements of the baathists into the new iraq, the insurgency will end

[abdibill]

Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki'

Should be beheaded for his crimes against sunnis insha-Allah

[kawan33333]

4/Why AL jazz era not try to speak with young generation and encourage them to involve into politic with clean and pure think without any hate ,this will be the final and successful step

5/Those dirty mind(old and mad generation) they destroy Iraq and do not let young generation to life like a normal country must must must be put into  a ASHBIN, because they deserve that

[kawan33333]

3/ This is not the matter of reconciliation this is reality of Iraq, because of mentality and evil ideology of baathists Iraq will never be the normal country . there is only one chance wipe out all old generation from politic ,because their mind full of hate and discrimination ,but young generation will not follow those mad old man .

[kawan33333]

1/ Burhan chaliby shame on you and your ideas, you are sick .those you are talking about they helped Iraqi people to be free from the worse dictator world ever seen after Hitler

2/Iraq hasnt been envaded .iraq was librated and it was a idiot idea to think about (was wrong to disband Iraqi army and Iraqi forces) because it was belong to one evil man was (saddam).

[kawan33333]

1/ Burhan chaliby shame on you and your ideas, you are sick .those you are talking about they helped Iraqi people to be free from the worse dictator world ever seen after Hitler

2/Iraq hasnt been envaded .iraq was librated and it was a idiot idea to think about (was wrong to disband Iraqi army and Iraqi forces) because it was belong to one evil man was (saddam).

[sepasgozaram]

death to baathists!!!!!death to all comprimizers!!!!!traitor!!!the­se r war criminals execute them in justice!!!!or shaykh moqtada alsadr will!!!!labbayke ya sadr labbayk!!!!!!iran is better to occuppie iraq better then imperialist americans and kufaar baathists anyday!!!!!car bombs=mossad!!!!too sophisticated.............

[JustB3NJI]

I told him I don't want a shower, I'm a bathist!

It's good that the Prime Minister of Iraq is calling for unity and forgiveness, it's certainly a step in the right direction.

[Gina2NYC]

Let the Baathists rot in hell!

[micahgee]

good interviews and discussion =)

5/5 AJE always has the most stimulating journalism.