Tuesday, November 07, 2006
Baathists threaten Green Zone
Security, Politics, Legal
Iraq's disbanded Baath party threatened to attack the heavily-protected "Green Zone" in Baghdad if the death sentence is carried out against its leader Saddam Hussein, in an Internet statement. "If president Saddam Hussein is executed ... the party will reinforce its siege against the Green Zone," which houses Iraqi government offices and the US embassy, said the party's command on its official site. It vowed to "use all possible means to destroy embassies, as well as the headquarters of intelligence and treacherous organisations".
Iraq's disbanded Baath party threatened to attack the heavily-protected "Green Zone" in Baghdad if the death sentence is carried out against its leader Saddam Hussein, in an Internet statement. "If president Saddam Hussein is executed ... the party will reinforce its siege against the Green Zone," which houses Iraqi government offices and the US embassy, said the party's command on its official site. It vowed to "use all possible means to destroy embassies, as well as the headquarters of intelligence and treacherous organisations".
A top official in Baghdad said Monday that Iraqi leaders have agreed a draft law to allow former Baath members back into government jobs. Ali al-Lamy, head of the Supreme National Council for De-Baathification, said the proposed reform could reverse the sacking of more than a million former Baath party activists, mainly members of Iraq's Sunni minority.
