RE-DE-BAATHIFICATION….Remember that new law the Iraqi parliament passed a couple of weeks ago that supposedly advanced the cause of reconciliation by allowing Sunni ex-Baathists back into the government? Sounds like we shouldn’t be counting on huzzahs from the Sunni population any time soon.

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