Iraq Video Flashback: Accountability and Justice Law & the Surge

“In the eight months since President Bush’s announced the surge, we have spent tens of billions of dollars, over 700 American service men and women have sacrificed their lives, and nearly 4,400 have been wounded—all to provide breathing space for the Iraqi Government to engage in political reconciliation.  And what has the Iraqi Government done with this breathing space?”  - Senator Chris Dodd  September 2007

“Iraqis will gain confidence in their leaders, and the government will have the breathing space it needs to make progress in other critical areas.” - President George W. Bush  January 2007


Iraq Baath party law labeled a 'trap' - 03 feb 08

A new law in Iraq, which was supposed to usher in a new era of reconciliation, is now viewed with fear and suspicion. Former members of Saddam Hussein's Baath party say moves to re-integrate them are a sinister trap.




Iraq: Law Passed Allowing Ba'athists To Regain Government Jobs  February 04, 2008
Iraq's Presidency Council has issued a controversial law that should allow tens of thousands of former lower-ranking Ba'ath Party members to regain their jobs in the government bureaucracy and public services. The passage in December of the Accountability and Justice Law by the Iraqi parliament cleared the way for the signing by the Presidency Council in Baghdad on February 3. All that remains now is for the measure to be published in the official government gazette for it to become law.