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When the bodies started turning up in western Baghdad in 2004, the official line was that it was former Ba'athists who were being killed.
Iraq war logs: These crimes were not secret, they were tolerated Peter Beaumont 2010
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We are told that there were sound strategic reasons for supporting Mubarak - as there once were for supporting the Ba'athists, Assad of Syria and Saddam himself.
Simon Jenkins: Leave Egypt Alone Simon Jenkins 2011
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Internecine conflicts in Syria and Iraq led to the victory of rightwing Ba'athists blessed by Washington.
This is an Arab 1848. But US hegemony is only dented | Tariq Ali 2011
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Although Sunnis comprise the smallest numbers of the three major sects, they were far more influential than either Shias or Kurds during the 35-year reign of the Ba'athists.
Iraq's leaders back fragile power-sharing deal Martin Chulov in Baghdad 2010
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But these are indigenous groups, many of them former Ba'athists, who have rejected Al Qaeda in Iraq.
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I have lost family members and friends fighting Al Qaeda and the Ba'athists.
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They accused them of being Ba'athists and terrorists, but these are just lies.
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Ideologically, the ruling Ba'athists are secular, even though the constitution demands the president be a Muslim, while the ruling elite, themselves from the Alawi sect, see the benefit of supporting another minority.
Christianity's place in the Middle East Chris Phillips 2010
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They accused them of being Ba'athists and terrorists, but these are just lies.
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I have lost family members and friends fighting Al Qaeda and the Ba'athists.
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