Draft law to allow former members of Hussein's Baath Party to hold gov. jobs is unconst

[rodeodance]

they will be fighting till doomsday!



http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071116/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq;_ylt=AqE9fp0PRXwIaZMjvKbe.AKs0NUE
Also Friday, the chairman of a key committee in Iraq's parliament said a draft law that would allow former members of Saddam Hussein's Baath Party to hold government jobs is unconstitutional.

The new law was submitted to parliament this week. If approved, it would relax curbs on former Baath Party members — a key demand of the U.S. and Sunni Arabs.

But the head of parliament's "de-Baathification Committee," Falah Hassan Shanshal, said Friday that language in the draft law violates the constitution. Among other things, Shanshal said the law might open government jobs to low-ranking Baath members who had still committed crimes and would trigger a backlash among Iraqis — especially Shiites.

[pinto]

1. Man, I really wish there was a venue - UN, Arab League, or whatever -

that would mediate some semblance of negotiation among the Sunni and Shiite factions in Iraq. We can't do it as occupiers and the Iraqi parliament seems unable or unwilling.

The country appears in a de-facto partition, with many refugees, a vanishing middle class and neighbors seemingly intent on waiting for the spoils of dissolution.