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WASHINGTON, May 14 (UPI) -- Secretary of State Colin Powell acknowledged Friday that the U.S. strategy of purging all members of the former Iraqi government needed correction.
In an interview to the Al Arabiya television before leaving for the Middle East, Powell said: "Having seen comprehensive de-Baathification, we realize that some corrections were appropriate."
Baath was the former ruling party of Iraq.
After Saddam Hussein's fall last April, U.S. authorities decided to purge all Baath party members from the new administration they were trying to setup in Iraq.
But last month, the Bush administration was forced to take back some Baathist military officers after resistance to the U.S. presence in Iraq intensified.
Powell also acknowledged that many others employed by the Saddam regime were also returning to their jobs.
"Many thousands of teachers are returning to their jobs; many other professionals and skilled individuals who can help in the building of their country are returning to their jobs," he told al Arabiya.
Powell, however, made it clear that the United States did not want to bring back "those individuals who have blood on their hands, who essentially are responsible for the deprivations of the last 30 years."
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