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Dawa Party: Reinstating Baathists a betrayal of martyrs
Shafaq News — Baghdad
On Wednesday, the Islamic Dawa Party, led by Nouri al-Maliki reaffirmed its support for excluding members of the outlawed Baath Party from Iraq's political process.
In a statement marking the anniversary of the 1991 'Safar Uprising' — a Shiite-led revolt in central and southern Iraq during Saddam Hussein's rule — the party voiced 'full backing' for the Accountability and Justice Commission's decision to bar Baathists from parliament and public office, calling it a safeguard against 'the dictatorship's ideology that dominated Iraq for decades.'
The Baath Party, which ruled Iraq from 1968 until the 2003 US-led invasion, was banned under de-Ba'athification laws designed to dismantle the regime's political and security structures.
