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- noun The United States policy of removing
Baath party members fromIraqi government positions following the fall of Iraqi President Saddam Hussein.
Etymologies
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Examples
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And do not ostracize members of the former regime, as happened in Iraq under the so-called de-Baathification policy.
NYT > Home Page By MICHAEL S. SCHMIDT 2011
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Indeed, before the March 2010 elections, the so-called de-Baathification committee produced a list of over 70 senior officers, smearing them as alleged Baathists.
NPR Topics: News 2011
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But if you look at the Iraqi experience, a policy called de-Baathification, you have many Arabs saying, well, that went too far and that undermined the ability of Iraq to really develop itself, get back on its feet in the timeframe that was required.
News 2011
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Under a process called de-Baathification started by the Coalition Provisional Authority, Iraqis with ties to Saddam's ruling Baath Party lost their jobs.
The Seattle Times 2011
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That process, called de-Baathification, was introduced by the United States immediately after the 2003 invasion and contributed, in the minds of its many critics, to the formation of the insurgency.
NYT > Home Page By ANDREW E. KRAMER 2011
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But if you look at the Iraqi experience, a policy called de-Baathification, you have many Arabs saying, well, that went too far and that undermined the ability of Iraq to really develop itself, get back on its feet in the timeframe that was required.
NPR Topics: News 2011
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The blunder was on display as the explanation for the infamous Sunni insurgency sparked by the disbanding of the largely Sunni army and coupled with a process known as "de-Baathification."
CNN.com 2011
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But if you look at the Iraqi experience, a policy called de-Baathification, you have many Arabs saying, well, that went too far and that undermined the ability of Iraq to really develop itself, get back on its feet in the timeframe that was required.
News 2011
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He also continues to support the so-called "de-Baathification" process of the Iraqi government, which removed Saddam Hussein’s supporters from government positions.
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In turn, the new Libyan leaders should take care to avoid falling into the errors made with "de-Baathification" in Iraq, acting instead to unite as many people as possible under the common banner of democracy.
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