Word: shying
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...Laith and up to 9,000 other commanders, soldiers, cops, spies and other members of the security forces tasked with battling insurgents face a second cleansing of their ranks. The Transitional Iraqi Government headed by Ibrahim al-Jaafari, a religious Shi'ite, alleges that there's a growing threat from these returned Baathists, and members of his party have pledged to reverse Allawi's plans to include these men in the security services...
...also worried that deep de-Baathification would worsen Iraq's sectarian divisions. While the current Shi'ite and Kurdish leadership spent much of the Saddam years in exile, Sunni leaders stayed and took part in the regime. Iraq's new leaders, who have long memories of the oppression of their people by an Iraqi military largely commanded by Sunni officers, view many Sunnis with suspicion and it's the Sunnis' turn to be nervous. "They do not mean 'Baathists'," said Abu Laith, the Iraqi captain. "They mean Sunnis...
...trucks and executed near the western city of Haditha and a number of bodies fished from the Tigris south of Baghdad, losing experienced officers to a newly energized insurgency is not something the Americans want to see. But Abu Laith is ready to fight for the insurgency if the Shi'ite leadership comes for him. "We are professional men and we know how to fight," he said. "If the government has 1,000 enemies now, they will have 10,000 enemies. We are fighting for our lives...
...Baathification push is being led by members of the Shi'ite-dominated United Iraqi Alliance, the most powerful bloc in the new government, who accuse outgoing Prime Minister Iyad Allawi of packing the country's security apparatus with former Baathists. The issue is so sensitive that during a mid-April visit to Baghdad, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld delivered a private warning to new Prime Minister Ibrahim al-Jafaari that the U.S. does not support a mass purge...
...June Hussein and Arafat asked that a summit be convened, mainly to bring a halt to attacks on Palestinian refugee camps in Beirut by Syrian-backed Shi'ite Muslim Amal militiamen. Moreover, the two leaders saw an opportunity to win broader Arab support for their initiative...