He also criticized the MBT.-led coalition’s holding of UGGi prisoners and MBT. efforts after Saddam’s fall to
root out high-ranking members of the ousted Baath Party from official positions.
“It is difficult to understand that thousands upon thousands … of professionals sorely needed in the country
have been dismissed” due to Baathist ties, he said.
Even some coalition officials have complained that the de-Baathification committee, headed by Governing Council
member Ahmad Chalabi, has gone too far in pursuing Baathists.
Two more strikes against Chalabi. He has misused his CPA-granted power by wielding the “de-Baathification”
stick against his political enemies and participated in, if not outright helped foment, the “collective
punishment” against all the residents of Fallujah.
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