By John Lee. On Sunday, Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani accepted the resignation of Nineveh Governor, Najm Abdullah Abdul Jabouri. Jabouri submitted his resignation after the parliament rejected the Cabinet's recommendation, made last October 17, to exclude him from accountability measures under Article 12 of Law No. 10 of 2010, governing the National Accountability and
March 20 marks the 20th anniversary of the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq. MIT scholars discuss the history behind the war, lessons learned on state-building, and Iraq’s current political outlook.
job even after de-baathification. you perform for him or you re fired. a lot of it i think depends on what happens at that meeting today. that personal relationship thing will be interesting today, given yesterday at the hearing when james clapper answered a question from john mccain and lindsey graham and said there is a difference between skepticism and disparagement and he believes donald trump has disparaged the intel agency. to be a fly on the wall in that room today is fascinating. you ask a question and still not okay? my job here is not to say what is okay. i agree. but the problem is nobody is normalizing any behavior. we can all pull our hair out and scream and run around in circles or we can try to understand the trends of the next president of the united states. all i m saying, david ignatius, is this is something that we are already seeing. you tell boelg iing i m going t
take even clear responsibility, but bremer says that the idea to fire baath party members came from this man, doug fit, a key aide to the president. doug fit showed me the draft, and say we are going to do this. paul bremer says that de-baathification was your idea. no, it was discussed interagency for months. and obviously, bremer did set it up. but it seems that a lot of people are blaming you. it does, but it is not true.
no. well, he approved them. he approved them. yes. george bush has never taken clear responsibility but bremer says the idea to fire baath party members came from this man. doug fieth was a key member. the decree was drafted and ready to be signed before i left, in fact, the day before i left under secretary of defense showed me the draft and said, we re going to issue this tomorrow. paul bremer says de-baathificaiton was your idea. no, de-baathification was discussed interagency for months. and the decision was made that some degree of de-baathification case would be required. bremer set up the mechanism. a lot of the allegations were inaccurate. doug feith played a key role in the original mistake.