Quite the democracy we've established, no?
The most powerful Shiite cleric in Iraq has rejected an American-backed proposal to allow thousands of former members of Saddam Hussein’s Baath Party to return to government service, an aide to the cleric said Monday ... The comments from the ayatollah's office came a day after he met with Ahmad Chalabi, the former Pentagon favorite and head of the de-Baathification commission, who has opposed any serious attempt to roll back the purging of former Baathists. After the meeting on Sunday, Mr. Chalabi said at a news conference that Ayatollah Sistani was aware of the law and that he had told Mr. Chalabi that it "would not be the final one and there would be other drafts."
Sistani and and Chalabi fill the news - it's like it's 2003 all over again. Though some things are different now. For example, Sistani has gotten much closer to Sadr and his followers.
Again, don't you just love the democracy we've helped establish?
Posted by armand at April 5, 2007 10:51 AM | TrackBack | Posted to Iraq