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]

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