Certainly, they had their de-baathification law that's right in front of them right now. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jan 28, 2008] Reference
Most Sunnis are highly skeptical of his motives as he had not called for an end to de-baathification. From Wordnik.com. [Iraq is terminally broken] Reference
I want to be as specific as possible again to bring on about this issue concerning the de-baathification. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Apr 24, 2004] Reference
We disbanded their police and military with de-baathification and the country is now overrun by militias. From Wordnik.com. [Two Wars With No End in Sight] Reference
In parliament, they passed four of the six big laws that they wanted to pass, amnesty, the de-baathification issue and so forth. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Apr 8, 2008] Reference
The central government in Bagdhad is Shiite dominated and continues its purge of Sunnis with its new de-baathification law which isn't that at all. From Wordnik.com. [The McCain response to that Obama video.] Reference
And I think that the politics in the oil division and the conciliation and the de-baathification are less important know than the stand-up of the Iraqi military. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript May 27, 2007] Reference
There are a lot of different, new directions that are being taken by the coalition provisional authority such as the de-baathification process, returning the minister of defense. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Apr 24, 2004] Reference
ROBERTS: In terms of these windows of missed opportunity, in your book you cite they happened in the first few months after the invasion, particularly on the issue of de-baathification. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript May 5, 2008] Reference
The accountability and justice law, de-baathification reform passed after lengthy and often contentious debate and reflects a strength and spirit of reconciliation as does a far-reaching amnesty law. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Apr 8, 2008] Reference
The so-called -- the laws that they passed when you read the fine print, most of them really are not effective, whether it's the amnesty law, the de-baathification law, or even the provincial elections. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Apr 8, 2008] Reference
However, as other Iraq and counterinsurgency experts point out, the surge's security gains can be reversed if important political issues such as oil wealth distribution and de-baathification remain unresolved. From Wordnik.com. [Yvonne R. Davis: Mumbai Is Quiet, But What's Next?] Reference
Paul Bremmer came into Iraq in 2003 and immediately fired thousands of Iraqi bureaucrats, intelligence emloyees, teachers and government employees in a “de-baathification” project that ultimately ended up creating willing fodder for the insurgency. From Wordnik.com. [After the Surge Inevitably Fails] Reference
We expect the next week when they come back into session they'll take that up, as well as what we call the reform legislation for de-baathification, and they are getting ready to take the necessary implementing measures in their legislature to take that on as well. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Dec 26, 2007] Reference
I think if we had been able to take advantage of those windows of opportunity and specifically, we had implemented de-baathification effectively as envisioned, then we would have been able to achieve greater security and we probably would have been able to reduce the number of forces that we have there. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript May 5, 2008] Reference
SENOR: Let me just add to that, that Ambassador Bremer, when the de-baathification policy was drafted, the de-baathification order last May, it's explicit in the order that Ambassador Bremer has the authority to grant exceptions and provide for appeals in cases where we believe there are individuals who are Baathist in name only, who are innocent of the crimes of the former regime, who are competent and capable and can play a constructive role in the reconstruction of Iraq. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Apr 24, 2004] Reference
And because of de-baathification policy (or de-saddamization, haha) we can’t have too many higher ranks from the old Iraqi army. From Wordnik.com. [Think Progress » Rapid Response: Deconstructing the “National Strategy for Victory in Iraq”] Reference
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