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debathification

Definitions

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  • noun The process of removing former members of the ruling Bath party of Iraq from the military and civil office following the ousting of Saddam Hussein.

Etymologies

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Derived from denazification, a similar concept employed against the conquered Nazi government following the Second World War.

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Examples

  • Amongst some of the elements that helped was the debathification of the country that occurred, removing the dominant party under Saddam Hussein from power.

    2010 March 10 « worlds in a grain of sand 2010

  • Amongst some of the elements that helped was the debathification of the country that occurred, removing the dominant party under Saddam Hussein from power.

    Counter Insurgency and the Iraq War « worlds in a grain of sand 2010

  • Amongst some of the elements that helped was the debathification of the country that occurred, removing the dominant party under Saddam Hussein from power.

    2010 March « worlds in a grain of sand 2010

  • We called it debathification, referring to the Bathist party.

    The Surge is, er, Working!? 2008

  • Although the recent surge, which McCain strongly supported, but which is also a change in tactics, not strategy, has led to a reduction in violence, we are only losing one American a day rather than two or three, it has not led to reconciliation among the parties, an oil agreement, workable debathification, or anything else that would stabilize the country.

    John McCain's qualifications to be President? 2008

  • Long awaited the debathification law and the law regarding provincial elections.

    CNN Transcript Aug 26, 2007 2007

  • ALLAWI: A complex number of mistakes have been committed, starting from dismantling institutions in Iraq, security, judicial, government institutions, and so on, to debathification.

    CNN Transcript Nov 17, 2006 2006

  • STARR: But as the violence has shifted to being largely sectarian, many say debathification is now a tired argument.

    CNN Transcript Nov 17, 2006 2006

  • STARR: Allawi continues to largely blame the debathification process ordered by Ambassador Paul Bremmer in the weeks after Saddam fell, for much of Iraq's current problems.

    CNN Transcript Nov 17, 2006 2006

  • Those issues being federalism and debathification.

    CNN Transcript Aug 27, 2005 2005

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