Re-Baathification

clipped from news.yahoo.com Iraq to reinstate Saddam party followers BAGHDAD - Iraq's parliament passed a benchmark law Saturday allowing lower-ranking former members of Saddam Hussein's Baath party to reclaim government jobs, the first major piece of U.S.-backed legislation it has adopted. Traveling in Manama, Bahrain, President Bush hailed the law as "an important step toward reconciliation." This is good news.