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BAGHDAD, Feb. 20 (UPI) -- The end of a de-Baathification law and all sectarian affiliations in the armed forces will bring about reconciliation in Iraq, Iraqi military officials say.
Iraqi Gen. Nouri al-Ubaidi said military officials want the Iraqi government to cancel the de-Baathification law that forbids any former Arab Baath Party members from ever holding a governmental or public post, Azzaman reported Thursday.
Military officials said if the notorious law is removed and the armed forces are rid of all sectarian affiliations, they would consider reconciliation with the government.
Lt. Gen. Talal al-Qaisi agreed that the government must take military demands seriously and show increased "good will," Azzaman reported.
"The Iraqi government has not yet shown enough good will towards the former army. We will return as part of a national reconciliation package and part of a government that distances itself from foreign occupation and sectarian and ethnic militias," al-Qaisi said.
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