NYTimes headline - "Iraq Eases Curb on Ex-Officials of Baath Party".
Wash.Post headline - "Iraq Passes Bill on Baathists".
Transparent agenda to confuse the Truth.
Also to obfuscate the real point of what the Iraqis accomplished in the same week the Democrat leadership launches their latest "Surrender Now" PR offensive on Iraq.
The Iraqis prove the Democrat Leadership to be liars. De Batthfication was the major political bone of contention blocking political progress in Iraq. With this accomplished, the remaining 7 of the 18 Benchmarks should be easier to accomplish.
Starting to look like Petraus can come back in March and report almost all, if not all, of the benchmarks met.