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Divide is seen within Iraq's Baath Party
LA Times ^ | April 25, 2007 | Peter Spiegel and Ned Parker

Posted on 04/25/2007 10:41:59 PM PDT by alcenoo

Iraq's Baath Party, once the machine of Saddam Hussein's tyrannical rule and now a key player in the country's civil war, has been divided by an internal power struggle pitting one of Hussein's top aides against a former general, U.S. and Iraqi government officials say.

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: baathparty; iraq; terrorists
Another indication that the muslims are not united and have not been since Islam started
1 posted on 04/25/2007 10:42:02 PM PDT by alcenoo
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To: alcenoo
The Democrats can't seem to decide which group of Iraqi tyrants merits their support - the Ba'ath or Al Qaeda.

"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus

2 posted on 04/25/2007 10:46:04 PM PDT by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
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To: alcenoo

question is why isn’t the former aide to Saddam under lock and key?


3 posted on 04/25/2007 11:58:28 PM PDT by SCHROLL
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