Baathists

Arrests on this scale are likely to alarm Sunni Arabs, who consider use of the term "Baathists" by Iraq's Shia-dominated government to be a coded way to refer to Sunni politicians, army officers, and other prominent members of their community.

Yahoo! News: Business - Opinion 2011

Arrests on this scale are likely to alarm Sunni Arabs, who consider use of the term "Baathists" by Iraq's Shiite-dominated government to be a coded way to refer to Sunni politicians, army officers, and other prominent members of their community.

The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com The Huffington Post News Editors 2011

Arrests on this scale are likely to alarm Sunni Arabs, who consider use of the term "Baathists" by Iraq's Shia-dominated government to be a coded way to refer to Sunni politicians, army officers, and other prominent members of their community.

The Seattle Times 2011

The decision by the Justice and Accountability Commission, in charge of cleansing high-level Baathists from the ranks of the government and security forces, seemed to be an attempt to purge candidates with links to the old political order, many of whom are popular among secular nationalist voters.

Think Progress » Seven years of war in Iraq. 2010

Maybe LaMagna and McDermott met with FORMER Iraqi parliament members -- i.e. Baathists from the "legitimate" government that was in place before the U.S. invasion.

Sound Politics: McDermott: Bring Back Baath Party 2007

In a-never-cease-to-surprise me the Baathists are the first to champion a republican continuity in power for the USA when Bush's time is up.

Amira Al Hussaini: Iraqi Bloggers Consider McCain 2008

The Baathists were the ones who were Saddam Hussein's henchmen.

CNN Transcript Apr 26, 2007 2007

My intended point was that although it would be odd to call Baathists islamo-fascists, they are indeed fascists.

The Volokh Conspiracy » Islamofascism: 2007

You might note though that I addressed the recruiting issue earlier-- the Baathists are the insurgents least dependent on young recruits particularly since Baathism in general is so discredited.

"Hatred does not leave space for a person to be fair and it will blind your vision and close all doors of thinking." Ann Althouse 2006

Also, within the broader insurgency, I would expect that the Baathists will be the first to maximize this opportunity and try and reassert their authority within the insurgency.

CNN Transcript Jun 8, 2006 2006