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Thousands Turn Out To Denounce Violence, Ba’ath Party
CJTF7 ^ | Jan. 27, 2004

Posted on 01/27/2004 7:01:42 AM PST by Ragtime Cowgirl

 

Thousands Turn Out To Denounce Violence, Ba’ath Party


MOSUL, Iraq (Jan. 26, 2004) –
Over 2,000 members of the former Ba’ath party turned out at the Mosul Public Safety Academy to renounce their membership in the party, to denounce violence and to pledge support to a new, free and democratic Iraq.

The ceremony is the largest held in the Nineveh province to date.

Former officers in the Iraqi Army who were also Ba’ath party members filed into the academy and signed an agreement that disavowed their party affiliation and pledged to cooperate fully with the Coalition Provisional Authority in serving the people of Iraq.

Major Gen. David H. Petraeus, commanding general, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), spoke to the gathered former soldiers and praised them for stepping forward to forge a united Iraq.

Retired Brigadier Gen. Safawi Mumtiz of the former Iraqi Army, one of the events organizers said those in attendance want to reject violence and terrorism and work toward the future of Iraq.

“We hope that this will be a good reflection to other Ba’athists to participate in the process,” said Mumtiz.

Mumtiz said the only difficulty in organizing the event was in finding a facility big enough for their projected attendance.

Soldiers from the 101st Airborne Division worked to gain the trust of retired officers who reside in and around Mosul to show their willingness to form a new Iraq that provides opportunities to everyone, according to 1st Lt. Strauss Scantlin, 431st Civil Affairs Battalion.

The 101st facilitated the events to support reconciliation by former regime elements in order to ensure the democratic process includes all Iraqis who are willing to support a free, safe and democratic environment.

The ceremony is the first of two to be held in Mosul. Tomorrow, former noncommissioned officers in the Iraqi Army will come to the academy to renounce their membership and show their support for a new Iraq.

The 101st continues to work with the citizens and leaders of Iraq to make it a safe, prosperous, and democratic nation.

Release #040127a



TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: baathparty; debaathification; gnfi; mosul; rebuildingiraq

1 posted on 01/27/2004 7:01:43 AM PST by Ragtime Cowgirl
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To: Ragtime Cowgirl
Good news!
2 posted on 01/27/2004 7:03:26 AM PST by MEG33 (America will never seek a permission slip to provide for the security of our country)
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To: MJY1288; xzins; Calpernia; TEXOKIE; Alamo-Girl; windchime; Grampa Dave; anniegetyourgun; ...
MOSUL, Iraq – Over 2,000 members of the former Ba’ath party turned out at the Mosul Public Safety Academy to renounce their membership in the party, to denounce violence and to pledge support to a new, free and democratic Iraq.

The ceremony is the largest held in the Nineveh province to date.

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3 posted on 01/27/2004 7:04:47 AM PST by Ragtime Cowgirl ("The chapter of Iraq's history - Saddam Hussein's reign of terror - is now closed." Lt. Gen. Sanchez)
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Well this can't be true Howard Dean just told us that Iraqis are much worse off now that Sadaam is gone. Of course we all know what an expert on world affairs Howie is.
4 posted on 01/27/2004 7:18:55 AM PST by marlon
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To: MEG33
"Good news!"

Yes, good news you're unlikely to hear about on any of the three major networks. But you'll hear about the bomb blast that killed the American soldiers.
5 posted on 01/27/2004 7:26:33 AM PST by Steve_Seattle ("Above all, shake your bum at Burton.")
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To: Ragtime Cowgirl
Did Jonah finally show up?

You know, Jonah, Ninevah, the whale, getting the people to change their ways....
6 posted on 01/27/2004 7:27:45 AM PST by eyespysomething (Another American optimist!)
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To: Ragtime Cowgirl
101st Airborne Division, progress ~ Bump!
7 posted on 01/27/2004 8:23:40 AM PST by blackie ((Be Well~Be Armed~Be Safe~Molon Labe!))
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To: Ragtime Cowgirl
>>>>Army Maj. Gen. David H. Petraeus, commanding general, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), spoke to the former soldiers and praised them for stepping forward to forge a united Iraq.

Biography of Army Maj. Gen. David Petraeus.

Major General David H. Petraeus assumed command of the 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) and Fort Campbell, Kentucky on 24 July 2002 following a year deployed on Operation Joint Forge in Bosnia, where he was the Assistant Chief of Staff for Operations of the NATO Stabilization Force and the Deputy Commander of the US Joint Interagency Counter-Terrorism Task Force in Bosnia. Prior to his tour in Bosnia, he spent two years at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, where he served initially as the Assistant Division Commander for Operations of the 82nd Airborne Division and then as the Chief of Staff of XVIII Airborne Corps and Fort Bragg.
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8 posted on 01/27/2004 8:42:31 AM PST by Calpernia (Innocence seldom utters outraged shrieks. Guilt does.)
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To: MEG33
Good news that won't make the evening news.
9 posted on 01/27/2004 8:47:26 AM PST by CommandoFrank (Peer into the depths of hell and there is the face of Islam!)
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To: Ragtime Cowgirl
Bump!
10 posted on 01/27/2004 9:08:51 AM PST by Alamo-Girl
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To: eyespysomething
Lol, I love Jonah. God tells him to do something and he runs the other direction, finally obeys ~ convinces them to repent ~ and then sits outside of town, eagerly waiting for God to destroy Ninevah anyhow, lol.
11 posted on 01/27/2004 10:02:32 AM PST by Ragtime Cowgirl ("The chapter of Iraq's history - Saddam Hussein's reign of terror - is now closed." Lt. Gen. Sanchez)
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To: Ragtime Cowgirl
BTTT
12 posted on 01/27/2004 11:23:49 AM PST by Coop (God bless our troops!)
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To: MEG33
Those that refused to attend were severely beaten.
13 posted on 01/27/2004 2:06:40 PM PST by Warren (Or)
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To: Ragtime Cowgirl
BTTT
14 posted on 01/27/2004 2:10:59 PM PST by Right_in_Virginia
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To: Ragtime Cowgirl
Tough job winning these hearts and minds. Great job 101st Airborne Division!
15 posted on 01/27/2004 5:05:26 PM PST by windchime (Podesta about Bush: "He's got four years to try to undo all the stuff we've done." (TIME-1/22/01))
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To: Ragtime Cowgirl
Here's another story that the alphabet networks won't report.
16 posted on 01/30/2004 10:34:54 AM PST by Excuse_My_Bellicosity (If teachers didn't teach worthless subjects, who would?)
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