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former member of Saddam Hussein's Baath party, questioning a new Iraqi law enabling them to reclaim government jobs, saying they feared the bill might be a plot to hunt them down
Tuesday, Jan. 15, 2008

Open quoteMy life is more precious than any job. Close quote

  • SHIHAB HAMAD
  • a former member of Saddam Hussein's Ba'ath party, suggesting that a new Iraqi law enabling former Ba'athists to reclaim government jobs is a ploy to hunt them down
Photo: Patrick Baz / AFP / Getty | Source: AP