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MEMRI (1) Inquiry and Analysis Series - No. 197 - November 19, 2004

Anti-American Ba'th Activities in Paris By Dr. Nimrod Raphaeli Excerpts : “With the defeat of the Saddam Hussein regime on April 9, 2003, the Ba'th ruling party was outlawed and a committee for the de-Ba'thification of Iraq was established. [1] However, the Ba'th's propaganda machine appears to have found a new abode in Paris, France, whence threats to the U.S. are issued regularly in three languages - English, French, and Spanish. Not surprisingly, the Ba'thist propagandists use the word "resistance" (in French, "la resistance") to underscore the association with the struggle against the Nazi occupation of France during WWII. The resurrection of the Ba'th Party on French soil was further strengthened by France's proposal that representatives of "la resistance" should participate in any future conference that will be convened to discuss the future of Iraq. This position was clearly stated by Michel Barnier, the French Foreign Minister, in an interview with the French TV station " France Inter." In the interview, Mr. Barnier called for a political process in Iraq that would include "a number of groups and people who have today opted for the path of resistance through the use of weapons." The National Council for the Iraqi Resistance The National Council for the Iraqi Resistance, also referred to as the United Council for the Iraqi Resistance, was born in June 2003, comprising Ba'th activists (referred to as militants), remnants of the Iraqi army and Republican Guard, and what are described as "heroes of the national security apparatus." The membership of the leadership of the Council remains secret, although in an interview with the former Iraqi Vice President, Izzat Ibrahim Al-Duri, he was identified as the leader of the resistance. A press release identifies the forces operating under the umbrella of the Ba'thist Resistance. They include: [3] - The Ba'thist Socialist Arab Party of Iraq (as a clandestine organization) - The [Iraqi] "Resistance and Liberation" movement - The Unified Council of Iraqi Resistance

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- Many military forces like the "Fedayyoun of Saddam" and the "Second Army of Mohammad" [4] Joining them "on the sidelines," according to the news release, are the various "patriotic formations" which include communists and Nasserites. Locus of Information The Council's material is published by the Comités Irak de Base under the editorial direction of Luc Michel (...) A newsletter identifies Luc Michel as "a Belgian publisher, well-known for the defense of the Arab cause, and editor of the newsletter 'Al-Ba'th Al-Iraqi.'" A legal team under Me. (mademoiselle or Miss) Dominique Jourdain, "was also identified at [email protected]" (a French Email address). Free subscription to the newsletter "Al-Ba'th Al-Iraqi" (Iraqi Resurrection) is offered at [email protected] (...) Given that most of the publications are issued through Yahoo France, one might suspect that most of the production is done in that country. There is no information as to who finances this production but it is worth mentioning that the group which calls itself Amitiés Francaise-Irakiennes may be the same Iraqi-French Friendship group which is listed as a beneficiary of Saddam's oil vouchers in the amount of 15.1 million barrels.(...) In a July 7, 2004 newsletter titled: 'The Political Defense of the President Saddam Hussein is Also Organized!', the group said, "The International Committee to defend the President Saddam Hussein" was launched. It further stated: "The Committee want[s] to answer to the campaign of hate and lies orchestrated by the media, which is controlled by the American-Zionists, and to re-establish the truth about Iraq of Saddam Hussein and the Ba'th Party." [7] B. French-Speaking Space In a newsletter (dated simply 2003) lacking the State of Iraq's Cote of Arms (state symbol), which appears on subsequent releases, the authors declared in an exhortative language: "We are numerous everywhere in the world, and particularly in the French-speaking space, to wish not only the end of the Yankee's occupation in Iraq, but more the victory of the Ba'thist resistance, which claims itself of Saddam Hussein and which is organized in the Movement Resistance and Liberation [poor translation from the original in French, meaning the Resistance and Liberation Movement] of Iraq." [8] The newsletter extends the purpose of the "resistance" not only to defeat "the AmericanZionist imperialism in Iraq," but to other fronts, "particularly in occupied Palestine and Europe, where the Yankee domination is shaken today." It goes on to affirm its agreement with Che Guevara that, "imperialism has a head, the United States, and that it should be cut off!" The French-speaking space is identified as Belgium, France, Quebec, and Frenchspeaking Switzerland. The space will be occupied by "a French-Speaking Coordination of the Iraq Committees." (...)” http://memri.org/bin/articles.cgi?Page=archives&Area=ia&ID=IA19704

MEMRI (2) Enquêtes et analyses - No. 197 - Novembre 30, 2004

Activités anti-américaines du parti Baath à Paris Par: Dr Nimrod Raphaeli Extraits :

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« Avec la destitution du régime de Saddam Hussein le 9 avril 2003, le parti Baath au pouvoir est devenu illégal, tandis qu'un comité de "débaasification" s'est créé en Irak. [1] La machine de propagande baasiste semble toutefois avoir trouvé son nouveau siège à Paris, d'où des menaces contre les Etats-Unis sont émises régulièrement en trois langues: le français, l'anglais et l'espagnol. Les militants du parti Baath invoquent bien entendu la "résistance", afin de mettre sur le même plan leurs activités et celles des résistants français contre l'occupation nazie, pendant la deuxième guerre mondiale. La résurrection du parti Baath sur le sol français se voit renforcée par la position du gouvernement selon laquelle les représentants de la "résistance" devraient pouvoir participer aux conférences prévues en Irak au sujet de l'avenir du pays. Cette position a été clairement formulée par Michel Barnier, ministre français des Affaires étrangères, dans une interview sur France inter. M. Barnier s'est déclaré favorable à un processus politique irakien incluant des groupes de personnes ayant opté pour la résistance par les armes [2] Le Conseil national de la résistance irakienne Le Conseil national de la résistance irakienne, également appelé "Conseil unifié de la résistance irakienne", a vu le jour en juin 2003. Il regroupe des activistes baasistes (appelés "militants"), d'anciens membres de l'armée irakienne et de la Garde républicaine, ainsi que des "héros du dispositif de sécurité nationale." L'identité des dirigeants du Conseil reste secrète. Toutefois, une interview de l'ancien vice président Izzat Ibrahim Al-Duri présente ce dernier comme le chef de la résistance. Un communiqué de presse évoque les forces opérant sous le parapluie de la résistance baasiste. Elles incluent: [3] - Le parti arabe socialiste baasiste d'Irak (organisation clandestine) - Le mouvement (irakien) "Résistance et la libération" - Le Conseil unifié de la résistance irakienne - Des forces militaires telles que les "Fedayyoun de Saddam" et la "Deuxième armée de Mahomet" [4] Selon le communiqué de presse, ceux-ci sont rejoints "dans les coulisses" par différentes "formations patriotiques", dont des communistes et des nassériens. Point d'information Les écrits du Conseil sont publiés par les "Comités Irak de base" sous la direction éditoriale de Luc Michel (…) Une newsletter identifie Luc Michel comme étant un "éditeur belge, connu pour sa défense de la cause arabe, et l'éditeur de la newsletter 'Al-Baath Al-Iraki'" Une équipe juridique dirigée par Me Dominique Jourdain a pour e-mail [email protected]. Un abonnement gratuit à la newsletter Al-Baath Al-Iraki ("résurrection irakienne") peut être obtenu en s'adressant à [email protected]. (…) Etant donné que la plupart des publications sont distribuées par Yahoo France, on est enclin à penser que les textes proviennent de France. Aucune information n'est disponible quant aux sources de financement. Il est toutefois possible que l'association dénommé "Amitiés franco-irakiennes" corresponde à l'association du même nom ayant bénéficié des coupons de pétrole de Saddam Hussein (pour 15.1 millions de barils) (…) Dans une newsletter datée du 7 juillet 2004 et intitulée "La défense politique du président Saddam Hussein est aussi organisée!", le groupe annonce la création du "Comité international de défense du président Saddam Hussein". On peut lire: "Le Comité entend répondre à la campagne de haine et aux mensonges orchestrés par les médias - contrôlés par les sionistes américains, et ré-établir la vérité sur l'Irak de Saddam Hussein et le parti Baath." [7] Espace francophone

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Dans une newsletter (datée simplement de 2003) et dépourvue du symbole de l'Etat irakien, présent sur les publications ultérieures, les auteurs déclarent: "Nous sommes nombreux dans le monde, et en particulier dans le monde francophone, à souhaiter non seulement la fin de l'occupation yankee en Irak, mais plus encore la victoire de la résistance baasiste, qui se réclame de Saddam Hussein et qui est organisée sous le mouvement Résistance et libération de l'Irak." [8] La newsletter déclare que le but de la résistance n'est pas uniquement de triompher de "l'impérialisme sioniste américain en Irak", mais d'étendre son action en Palestine occupée et en Europe, où la domination yankee est aujourd'hui ébranlée ; elle revendique en outre son alignement sur la position de Che Guevara selon qui "l'impérialisme a une tête, les Etats-Unis, qui devrait être tranchée!" L'espace francophone comprend la Belgique, la France, le Québec et la Suisse francophone, selon le site, et sera occupé par "une coordination francophone des Comités Irak" (...) » http://www.memri.org/bin/french/latestnews.cgi?ID=IA19704

MEMRI (3) Serie Inchieste & Analisi - No. 197 - Novembre 19, 2004

Attività ba’atiste antiamericane a Parigi Di Nimrod Raphaeli* « Con il crollo del regime di Saddam Hussein il 9 aprile 2003, il partito di governo Ba'at fu dichiarato fuori legge e venne creato un comitato per la de-ba'atificazione dell'Iraq. 1 Tuttavia la macchina propagandistica ba'atista sembra aver trovato una nuova sede a Parigi, da dove vengono regolarmente diffuse minacce agli Stati Uniti in tre lingue – inglese, francese e spagnolo. Non stupisce che i propagandisti del Ba'at usino la parola "resistenza" (in francese résistance) come richiamo alla lotta contro l'occupazione nazista della Francia durante la seconda guerra mondiale. La risurrezione del partito Ba'at in terra di Francia fu ulteriormente rafforzata dalla proposta francese di far partecipare rappresentanti della résistance a ogni futura conferenza che discuta il futuro dell'Iraq. Posizione chiaramente ribadita dal ministro degli esteri francese Michel Barnier nel corso di un'intervista al canale TV France Inter. Barnier auspicava un processo politico in Iraq che comprendesse "un certo numero di gruppi e persone che hanno oggi scelto la strada della resistenza con l'uso delle armi". 2 Il Consiglio Nazionale della resistenza irachena Il Consiglio Nazionale della resistenza irachena, noto anche come Consiglio Unificato della resistenza irachena, è nato nel giugno del 2003, e di esso fanno parte attivisti Ba'at (che si fanno chiamare militanti), resti dell'esercito iracheno, guardie repubblicane e quanti vengono descritti come "eroi dell'apparato di sicurezza nazionale". I componenti della leadership del Consiglio sono segreti, sebbene in un'intervista con l'ex vice primo ministro iracheno Izzat Ibrahim Al Douri, egli venne identificato come il capo della resistenza. Un comunicato stampa individua le forze che operano all'ombra della resistenza ba'atista. Esse comprendono: 3 - Il Partito socialista arabo ba'atista dell'Iraq (come organizzazione clandestina) - Il movimento iracheno "Resistenza e Liberazione" - Il Consiglio Unificato della resistenza irachena - Molte forze militari come i fedayyoun di Saddam e il "Secondo esercito di Mohammad" 4

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Ai margini, stando ai comunicati, ci sarebbero le "varie formazioni patriottiche" che comprendono comunisti e nasseriani. I siti delle informazioni Il materiale del Consiglio è pubblicato dai Comités Irak de Base, sotto la direzione editoriale di Luc Michel (…) Una newsletter identifica Luc Michel come "editore belga, noto per la difesa della causa araba e autore della newsletter Al Ba'th Al Iraqi (Risurrezione irachena)". Una squadra legale presieduta da una Me. ( mademoiselle o miss ) Dominique Jourdaine "venne anche identificata a [email protected]" (un indirizzo E-mail francese). Iscrizioni gratuite alla newsletter Al Ba'th Al Iraqi vengono proposte al sito http://[email protected] (…) Dato che la maggior parte delle pubblicazioni è diffusa attraverso Yahoo France, si supporrebbe che il grosso del materiale sia prodotto appunto in Francia. Non ci sono informazioni sui finanziatori di questa produzione, ma val la pena di ricordare che il gruppo che si definisce Amitiés Franco-Irakiennes può essere lo stesso gruppo Amicizia Franco-irachena indicato come beneficiario dei voucher del petrolio di Saddam per l'ammontare di 15.5 milioni di barili (…) Nella newsletter del 7 giugno 2004 dal titolo "La difesa politica del presidente Saddam Hussein è dunque organizzata!", il gruppo afferma che è stato varato "il Comitato internazionale per difendere il presidente Saddam Hussein". E più avanti dice: "Il Comitato vuole rispondere alla campagna di odio e menzogne orchestrata dai media controllati dagli americani-sionisti, e ristabilire la verità sull'Iraq di Saddam Hussein e sul Partito Ba'at". 7 B. Spazio in lingua francese In una newsletter datata semplicemente 2003 (manca lo stemma araldico dell'Iraq, simbolo dello Stato che compare nelle successive uscite), l'autore dichiara: "Siamo in tanti dovunque nel mondo, e specialmente nelle zone francofone, a desiderare non solo la fine dell'occupazione Yankee in Iraq, ma soprattutto la vittoria della resistenza ba'atista che è quella di Saddam Hussein e che si è organizzata nel Movimento di Resistenza e Liberazione dell'Iraq". 8 Il foglio estende l'obiettivo della "resistenza" non solo a sconfiggere "l'imperialismo americano-sionista in Iraq", ma anche ad altri fronti, "in particolare alla Palestina occupata e all'Europa dove il dominio Yankee è oggi scosso". Prosegue affermando di essere d'accordo con Che Guevara secondo il quale "l'imperialismo ha una testa, gli Stati Uniti, ed è questa testa che dev'essere tagliata!". Le "zone francofone" corrispondono a Belgio, Francia, Quebec e Svizzera francese. Zone che verranno coperte da un "coordinamento in francese dei comitati per l'Iraq" (…) » http://www.memri.org/bin/italian/articles.cgi?Page=archives&Area=ia&ID=IA19704

MEMRI (4) Serie de Análisis e Investigación - No. 197 - Noviembre 19, 2004

Actividades antiamericanas del Ba'th en París Por Dr. Nimrod Raphaeli « Con la derrota del régimen de Saddam Hussein el 9 de abril del 2003, el partido Ba'th en el poder fue ilegalizado y se estableció un comité para la des-Ba'thificación de Irak. 1 Sin embargo, la máquina propagandística del Ba'th parece haber encontrado un nuevo refugio

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en París, Francia, desde donde se publican regularmente amenazas contra Estados Unidos en tres idiomas - inglés, francés y español. Como era de esperar, los propagandistas del Ba'th utilizan la palabra "resistencia" (en francés, "la resistance") para destacar la asociación con la lucha contra la ocupación Nazi de Francia durante la Segunda Guerra Mundial. La resurrección del partido Ba'th sobre suelo francés fue reforzada aún más por la propuesta francesa de que representantes de "la resistance" deberían participar en cualquier conferencia futura que se convoque para debatir el futuro de Irak. Esta posición fue claramente especificada por Michel Barnier, el Ministro de Exteriores francés, en una entrevista en la cadena francesa de televisión " France Inter." En la entrevista, Barnier hace un llamamiento al progreso político en Irak que incluya "a algunos grupos y personas que han optado hoy por el camino de la resistencia mediante el uso de armas". 2 El Consejo Nacional para la Resistencia Iraquí El Consejo Nacional para la Resistencia Iraquí, al que también se refiere como el Consejo Unido para la Resistencia Iraquí, nació en junio del 2003, aunando activistas del Ba'th (a los que se alude como militantes), los restos del ejército iraquí y la Guardia Republicana, y lo que se describe como "los héroes del aparato de seguridad nacional". La pertenencia a la dirección del Consejo continua siendo secreta, aunque en una entrevista con el anterior vicepresidente iraquí, Izzat Ibrahim Al-Douri, él [mismo] fue identificado como el líder de la resistencia. Una circular de prensa identifica las fuerzas que operan bajo el paraguas de la Resistencia del Ba'th. Incluyen: 3 - El Partido Socialista Árabe Ba'th de Irak (como organización clandestina). - El movimiento [iraquí] "Resistencia y Liberación". - El Consejo Unificado de Resistencia Iraquí. - Muchas fuerzas militares, como los "Fedayyoun de Saddam" o el "Segundo Ejército de Mahoma". 4 Uniéndose a ellos "de alguna manera", según la circular de prensa, se encuentran las diversas "formaciones patrióticas" que incluyen a comunistas y Nasseristas. Locus de la información El material del Consejo es publicado por los Comités de Base de Irak, bajo la dirección editorial de Luc Michel (…) Una newsletter identifica a Luc Michel como "un editor belga, famoso por la defensa de la causa árabe, y editor de la newsletter 'Al-Ba'th Al-Iraqi". Un equipo legal a cargo de Me. (Mademoiselle o Miss) Dominique Jourdain, "fue identificado también en Actividades antiamericanas del Ba'th en París " (una dirección de correo francesa). Se ofrece suscripción gratuita a la newsletter "Al Ba'ath Al Iraqi" (Resurrección Iraquí) en [email protected] (…) Dado que la mayoría de las publicaciones son distribuidas a través de Yahoo Francia, sería de esperar que la mayor parte de la producción se realice en ese país. No hay información referente a quien financia esta producción, pero vale la pena mencionar que el grupo que se denomina a sí mismo amitiés franco-irakiennes puede ser el mismo grupo de amistad franco - iraquí que [aparece] en la lista de beneficiarios de vales petroleros de Saddam, con una cifra en torno a los 15,1 millones de barriles (…) En una newsletter del 7 de julio del 2004 titulada: '¡La defensa política del Presidente Saddam Hussein también está organizada', el grupo afirma, "Se presentó el comité internacional para defender al Presidente Saddam Hussein". Afirma después: "El Comité desea responder a la campaña de odio mentiras orquestada por los medios, controlada por los americano -sionistas, y restablecer la verdad acerca del Irak de Saddam Hussein y el Partido Ba'th". 7 B. Espacio francófono

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En una newsletter (con fecha simplemente 2003) sin el escudo de armas del Estado de Irak (símbolo nacional), que aparece en publicaciones posteriores, el autor afirma en un lenguaje exhortativo: "Somos numerosos en todo el mundo, y particularmente en el espacio francófono, los que deseamos no sólo terminar con la ocupación yanqui de Irak, sino lograr la victoria de la resistencia del Ba'th, que se dedica a Saddam Hussein y que está organizada en el Movimiento y Resistencia y Liberación [traducción pobre del francés original, que significa Resistencia y Movimiento de Liberación] de Irak". 8 La newsletter extiende el propósito de la "resistencia" no sólo a vencer "el imperialismo americano-sionista de Irak", sino a otros frentes, "particularmente en la Palestina ocupada y Europa, donde la dominación yanqui se tambalea hoy". Continúa afirmando su acuerdo con el Che Guevara de que "el imperialismo tiene una cabeza, Estados Unidos, ¡y debería ser decapitado!". El espacio francófono se identifica como Bélgica, Francia, Quebec, y la suiza francoparlante. El espacio será ocupado por "una Coordinación francófona de Comités iraquíes" (…) » http://memri.org/bin/espanol/articulos.cgi?Page=archives&Area=ia&ID=IA19704

JUDEOSCOPE – OEIL NU SUR L'ACTUALITE JUIVE DU QUEBEC ET DU MONDE INTERNATIONAL 30 novembre 2004 « Activités

anti-américaines du parti Baath à Paris et au

Québec » par Nimrod Raphaeli (MEMRI) http://www.judeoscope.ca/intl/intl.htm http://www.judeoscope.ca/intl/0401130_memri.htm

NATIONAL REVIEW (ON LINE) (principale revue néo-conservatrice !)

"L’esprit De Neville Chamberlain" By Cliff May. November 20, 2004 “France has proposed that Baathist representatives of "la resistance" should participate in any future conference convened to discuss the future of Iraq. Our friends at MEMRI have more here: http://www.memri.org/bin/opener_latest.cgi?ID=IA19704”. http://216.109.124.98/search/cache?p=NATIONAL+REVIEW++BLOG+%2B+Cliff+May+%2B+France&ei=U TF-

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THE CORWELL DAILY SUN “Support Your Global Sheriff” Opinion - Behind Liberal Lines - November 23, 2004 Excerpts : “Sara Townsley : France also continues its storied tradition of nurturing totalitarianism. Most recently, the Middle East Media Research Institute reported that Saddam Hussein's Ba'ath party propaganda machine has found a new home in Paris, where it regularly issues threats to the U.S. And the French broadcasting authority has given its blessing to Hizballah's Al-Manar television, allowing the terrorist group to spew anti-Jewish propaganda on French airwaves. No doubt these developments will quell the eruption of swastikas and "Juden Raus" spray-painted on Jewish gravestones in France in recent months. In and of itself this is worrisome enough, but what makes it special cause for concern is France's veto power on the U.N. Security Council.” http://www.cornellsun.com/vnews/display.v/ART/2004/11/23/41a2bf6cce4b8?in_archive=1

DEMOCRACY FOR THE MIDDLE EAST November 21, 2004

French Try To Adopt Bath, Adopt Ba'th Instead “There is further evidence that EU parliamentarian Ilke Schroeder was on to something when she said that Old Europe was conducting a proxy war against America via the Palestinians. MEMRI reports that Saddam Hussein's Ba'th Party has moved its base of operations to France”. http://www.dfme.org/archives/001702.html

ALJAZEERAH Opinion Editorials, October 2003, www.aljazeerah.info

The US-Israeli War against Arab Nationalism Luc Michel Al-Jazeerah, 10/31/03 “Vultures of Bush's regime didn't go solely to Iraq for the dollars of oil and the looting of economy - the so-called " reconstruction " of the country. They are also there, and especially, for ideological motives. Those of the neo-conservatives, an alliance of Conservatives, Zionists, and Israeli far-rights. The War of aggression against Ba'athist

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Iraq was also a War for Israel, that receives today all the strategic advantages (...) The terrorist raid of the Zionist aviation - that violated the Lebanese aerial space also - against camps of Palestinian civilians refugees in Syria demonstrate it one more time. Symbolically, the Israeli planes led their first operation in Syria since more than twenty years the same day of the thirtieth birthday of the “Kippour war”, in the beginning of which the Syrian tanks had jostled the Israeli strengths. " The launched bombs recall yesterday to Syria that the world has changed, comment " THE FIGARO " (Paris). Damascus, that had supported Saddam Hussein and condemned " the satanic offensive of Americans ", has just made the concrete experience of its new environment. A big emptiness opened up to the East. While waiting for the stabilization of Iraq, Saddam's fall completes the encircling of Syria, already framed by two hostile States, Israel to the south and Turkey to the north. Damascus finds again sudden in a club of shrunk radical " states ", in company of Libya and Iran. An optimal situation for Israel, that launched the first stroke of reprimands of the new regional world generated by the United States. And probably with their agreement” (...) " AL-AHRAM HEBDO " said recently that the colonial war against Iraq is " an Américano-Israeli initiative to install a Middle-East ideology in place of the ideology of Arab nationalism’. " The Américano-Israeli politics for the Middle-East is founded on the hostility towards Arab nationalism, doctrine that considers that Arabs form a single nation, and not a collection of states, that must become liberated from the foreign domination”, specified the late Edward Saïd, in " DAR AL HAYAT ". It’s this Arab, revolutionary, secular, unitarian and anti-Zionist nationalism that the Ba'ath supports, in its Syrian or Iraqi versions. Or also in the vision of Washington the Libya of Kadhafi, although the guide of the Libyan Revolution reoriented himself today with success toward the PanAfricanism. Facing what they name " the Arabian ideology “, neocons, that lead the politics of the Bush regime, speak of " developing democracy ". But they want really in practice to install a balkanization of the Middle-East, under domination of all the religious fanaticisms (against which the Arabian revolutionary nationalistic states are the best remedy) - notably the one of the Shi'as fundamentalists, objectives allies of Washington since the Eighties - and to civil wars. A broken and impotent Arabian world is indeed the best guarantee of preservation for the américano-Zionist hegemony in the area (...) The destruction of Ba'athist Iraq, this " Prussia of the Middle-East ", was the first objective of Washington. But it is only a beginning. General Wesley Clark, the butcher of the Balkans, a specialist in war of aggression, confessed that Bush's politics “ aims at seven countries ". “Our way begins in Baghdad " is the cynical title of the last book of Bill Kristol, the leader of the neocons. A book of intentions, as was “ Mein Kampf " for the Nazis. The next targets of Washington are known. You must only read the American or Zionist press - it is often the same -: they are Damascus and Tripoli. Every week, as it was the case for Iraq, new lies are uttered, new provocations are organized against these two countries. As said the editorial of " AL HAYAT ", Arabian daily of London, " the IsraéloAmerican war against Syria makes only begin "! It added that " The plan was already prepared and Israel only waited for an opportunity to attack itself Syria ". " AL HAYAT " said also that " the sanctions against Syria, those of the Syria Accountability Act, will be this time efficient and no more of simple threats ". “ AL HAYAT " concludes that " this calendar is compliant to the diary of falcons of the American administration that looks for an emergency exit since the failure of their politics in Iraq ". “ http://www.aljazeerah.info/Opinion%20editorials/2003%20Opinion%20Editorials/October/31 %20o/The%20USIsraeli%20War%20against%20Arab%20Nationalism%20Luc%20Michel.htm

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DIARIO VERMELHO Brasil, quarta-feira, 30 de outubro de 2003

OCUPAÇÃO NÃO Boletim do Baath: a guerra vista pela resistência iraquiana « Imagem da home page dos Comitês Iraquianos, Saddam com Guevara O boletim Ressurreição Iraquiana, editado em inglês e em francês pelo Partido Baath, em seu número 21, de terça-feira passada, oferece uma rara oportunidade de se tomar contato com a realidade do Iraque vista com os olhos dos resistentes iraquianos e não dos ocupantes norte-americanos. O periódico destina-se à opinião pública internacional. Apresenta-se como órgão dos "Comitês Iraquianos de Base" e caracteriza o Baath como "partido laico e socialista". Sua página na internet, com versões também em inglês e francês (para visitar, clique aqui http://comitesirak.free.fr/), tem um perfil esquerda, em que o inevitável retrato de Saddam Hussein coexiste com citações de Che Guevara. O Vermelho não tem como aferir a veracidade das afirmações de que "a resistência (no Iraque) é essencialmente baathista" e "o baathismo é o único a encarnar o patriotismo iraquiano". Mas considera relevantes as informações e opiniões do boletim - até porque os próprios ocupantes atribuem ao Baath os atos de resistência. Abaixo, extratos do editorial, assinado por Luc Michel, e do noticiário de Ressurreição Iraquiana (alguns dos intertítulos são do editor). Editorial: "Operação Choque e Pavor" está de volta ao Iraque » http://www.vermelho.org.br/diario/2003/1030/1030_baath.asp

NIHIL OBSTAT La "resistència" iraquiana trova aixopluc a la Unió Europea » «

« Endevineu a on ha trobat refugi la mal anomenada "resistència" iraquiana?. Doncs, a París. Qui ho diria, oi?. Segons una investigació publicada pel MEMRI , el "Consell Nacional per a la Resistència Iraquiana", la columna vertebral del mateix és el partit Baath de Saddam Hussein, disposa d'una infraestructura propagandística a la capital francesa i un altra a Brussel.les, capital de Bèlgica i de la UE. La resurrección del partido Ba'th sobre suelo francés fue reforzada aún más por la propuesta francesa de que representantes de "la resistance" deberían participar en cualquier conferencia futura que se convoque para debatir el futuro de Irak. Esta posición fue claramente especificada por Michel Barnier, el Ministro de Exteriores francés, en una entrevista en la cadena francesa de televisión " France Inter." En la entrevista, Barnier hace un llamamiento al progreso político en Irak que incluya "a algunos grupos y personas que han optado hoy por el camino de la resistencia mediante el uso de armas". » http://fabregas.blogspot.com/

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FORUM DU QUOTIDIEN « LE MONDE » http://forums.lemonde.fr/perl/showflat.pl?Cat=&Board=alqaida&Number=1407023&page=0 &view=collapsed&sb=5&vc=1

FRONTPAGEMAG.COM "The Ba'th Find a New Home ". November 23, 2004, Excerpts : “We apparently have yet to sound the bottom of French perfidy. In a development I have seen reported nowhere else, MEMRI has issued a mind-boggling special report on the resurrection of the Iraqi Ba'ath Party on French soil: "Anti-American Ba'ath activities in Paris." On a related note, the French broadcasting authority (CSA) announced on its site Friday that it has finalized an agreement with Hizbullah's Al-Manar television, allowing Hizbullah to remain on the air in France: "Al-Manar allowed to air in France".” http://www.memri.org/bin/media.cgi?ID=109504

IMRA Saturday, November 20, 2004

“MEMRI: Anti-American Ba'th Activities in Paris” http://www.imra.org.il/story.php3?id=22847

FRONTPAGE MAGAZINE.COM “Anti-American Ba'th Activities in Paris by Nimrod Raphaeli” “Anti-American Ba'th Activities in Paris By Nimrod Raphaeli Saddam loyalists have found a new home and strategy in France”. http://fr.search.yahoo.com/search?ei=ISO-8859-1&fr=fp-tab-webt&cop=mss&tab=&p=memri+%2B+ba%27th&meta=vl%3D

THE ANTI-IDIOTARIAN ROTTWEILER

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“The Ba'athists will always have Paris” November 21, 2004 Excerpts : “The Ba'athists will always have Paris . The Ba'athists pumped so much illegal oil money into Chirac's pockets, along with using BNP Parabas (Banque Nationale de Paris) as the only bank handling the UN's $64 billion share of the Oil-for-Blood program, that chosing Paris as their new headquarters was only natural, as MEMRI reports. With the defeat of the Saddam Hussein regime on April 9, 2003, the Ba'th ruling party was outlawed and a committee for the de-Ba'thification of Iraq was established. However, the Ba'th's propaganda machine appears to have found a new abode in Paris, France, whence threats to the U.S. are issued regularly in three languages - English, French, and Spanish. Not surprisingly, the Ba'thist propagandists use the word "resistance" (in French, "la resistance") to underscore the association with the struggle against the Nazi occupation of France during WWII. And in another startling similarity, Paris is once again the favorite home away from home for Hitler worshipping genocidal national socialists. The Paris based Ba'athists also stated "We are numerous everywhere in the world, and particularly in the French-speaking space, to wish not only the end of the Yankee's occupation in Iraq, but more the victory of the Ba'thist resistance, which claims itself of Saddam Hussein and which is organized in the Movement Resistance and Liberation [poor translation from the original in French, meaning the Resistance and Liberation Movement] of Iraq." The newsletter extends the purpose of the "resistance" not only to defeat "the AmericanZionist imperialism in Iraq," but to other fronts, "particularly in occupied Palestine and Europe, where the Yankee domination is shaken today." It goes on to affirm its agreement with Che Guevara that, "imperialism has a head, the United States, and that it should be cut off!" The French-speaking space is identified as Belgium, France, Quebec, and Frenchspeaking Switzerland. The space will be occupied by "a French-Speaking Coordination of the Iraq Committees." Looks like we're perfectly justified in refering to "Ba'athist occupied France", no stretch since the French government would be justified in saving printing costs by using "___________ occupied France" as its officical letterhead. The leader of the Iraqi resistance also commented on Al-Sadr and the fate of the Mahdi militia, saying "Muqtada al-Sadr and the ones who were authorized to speak in his name are a group of morons with no political awareness." Wow. It must be humbling to be dismissed as a bunch of morons by the select group of idiot losers who had to seek refuge with their fellow socicalist morons in Moronville, France, the only country where the former President, François Mitterrand, would use special anti-terrorist units to wiretap hottie actresses instead of terrorists”. http://www.nicedoggie.net/archives/004793.html#004793 “Axis of... Baathists in exile who help organise the insurgency in Iraq are operating out of Paris, France and Brussels, Belgium. No surprises there”. http://blogs.salon.com/0001561/2004/11/21.html#a6360

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HARRY’S PLACE “Pro-Saddam website” November 21, 2004 Excerpt 1 : “Via MEMRI, here's a link to a pro-Ba'athist, pro-Saddam, pro-"resistance" website. As best as I can make out, it's run by a Stalinist named Luc Michel (here's an apparently self-written bio, in French), based in Paris and/or Brussels (the website provides phone and fax numbers in both cities). The site posts statements from "The political information and publication Bureau Of the Arab Ba’ath Socialist Party Iraq." M. Michel also seems to be the guiding hand behind "The National-european Communitarian Party" (linked to from the pro-Baathist site) which appears to advocate a form of pan-Europeanism modeled on Ba'athist pan-Arabism. The sites are mostly in French, so perhaps someone more fluent than I can make more sense of them-- if, indeed, it is possible to make sense of them in any language.” Excerpt 2 : “Comments. It is unfortunately only too easy to make sense of these sites. Michel is obviously part of what we normally call National Bolshevism, and he calls 'National Communism'. At various times I have received unsolicited E-Mails (mostly written in French) from these currents (including if I remember rightly an invitation to join a Newsgroup), which mix support for Bathism, anti-Americanism, European 'communitiarisme', and, barely veiled, conspiracy theories. YOu'll have to get someone who can be bothered to investigate much further into the fringes of the 'fash' 'third-way' to be more precise about their exact location on the fringes of this spectrum. Though it certainly is the fringe of the fringe. Mind you, if Harry's around - have a cop at the Red Pepper Newsgroup these days. Loony right is the new debate setter, there at least.” Excerpt 3 : “nat-bols they are indeed, was there not a similar Belgian based group who used to spam a lot of the left lists ?. Such people are usually big Milosovic fans too (...). Ian: You're right about Milosevic. There are several references to Slobodan, including a stylized photo on one of the related links. I'm fluent in French but not in the intricacies of left fringe (and Ba'ath) politics, so many of the slogans and rhetoric are meaningless to me (...) The sites are mostly in French, so perhaps someone more fluent than I can make more sense of them Their manifesto in English is at http://www.pcn-ncp.com/English.html and seems clear to me: they want to make Europe (including Russia) a monolithic one-party state (...) Weren't the Living Marxism people into Milosevic etc? The National Bolsheviks are small but rowdy in the former Soviet states - they flanned George Soros here in Kiev not long ago - and have a similar agenda, although their supporters are largely Russian hooligan yoof. This whole national sovereignty thing is also big with John Laughland and the so-called British Helsinki Group, a major Milosevic apologist who gets unthinking column-space in The Guardian and Spectator. Fascists, the lot of them (...) On National Bolshevism , the original model, see http://www.hup.harvard.edu/catalog/BRANAT.html National Bolshevism Stalinist Mass Culture and the Formation of Modern Russian National Identity, 1931-1956 by David Brandenberger”

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http://hurryupharry.bloghouse.net/archives/2004/11/21/prosaddam_website.php

THE DAILY DEMARCHE “Saddam's Ba'ath Party Finds a home- in Paris”. http://dailydemarche.blogspot.com/2004/11/saddams-baath-party-finds-home-in.html

MICK HARTLEY POLITICS AND CULTURE http://mickhartley.typepad.com/blog/

FREE REPUBLIC 11/19/2004 “Anti-American Ba'th Activities in Paris (Are you surprised, coming from France?)” http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1285273/posts

TRUTHTREE.COM http://www.truthtree.com/Politics/posts/333809.html

BROOKESNEWS.COM http://www.brookesnews.com/042911memri.html

VIRTUAL JERUSALEM “The Place Where Jews Click” “In Focus. Anti-American Ba'th Activities in Paris by Dr. Nimrod Rapaheli, MEMRI” http://www.virtualjerusalem.com/news/infocus/?disp_feature=B70RqR.var

ROBBERNARD.COM Friday, November 19, 2004 “The Ba'th party seems to be setting up shop in France” http://www.robbernard.com/archives/001623.html

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WADINET.DE http://www.wadinet.de/news/iraq/newsarticle.php?id=446

METROSPY – MODERN AMERICAN TRADITIONS War Forum: “Frogweenies, Anti-American Ba'th Activities in Paris” http://www.members5.boardhost.com/frogweenies/msg/474244.html

RIGHTNATION “US Anti-American Ba'ath Activities in Paris” http://www.rightnation.us/forums/index.php?s=c6313aaed85274fb4e9dc452c465054c&showt opic=61216&pid=682717935&st=0&#entry682717935 http://www.rightnation.us/forums/lofiversion/index.php/t61216.html

MIDDLE EAST INFORMATION CENTER “Ba'thist find french welcome” http://middleeastinfo.org/forum4843

ROBBERNARD.COM “Comment on The Ba'th party to be setting up shop in France” http://www.robbernard.com/mt/mt-comments.cgi?entry_id=1623

SECULARISLAM.ORG “Iraq's Ba'ath Party reborn in France” http://www.secularislam.org/discussion41/_disc41/00000489.htm

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LITTLEGREENFOOTBALLS.COM “Saddam's Ba'ath Party Resurrected in France” 11/20/2004 “MEMRI has an appalling report on the totalitarian Marxist/Islamist Ba’ath Party, which has found a new life thanks to our purported ally France: Anti-American Ba’th Activities in Paris”. http://littlegreenfootballs.com/weblog/?entry=13669

THOSE YOU DEFEND “Inquiry & Analysis - Iraq/Jihad and Terrorism Studies Project” November 19, 2004 http://groups.msn.com/ThoseYouDefend/notesandquotes.msnw?action=get_message&mview =0&ID_Message=19200&LastModified=4675498174668896978

SYRACUSE.COM NewsWatch Forum 5708. “Saddam's Ba'ath Party Resurrected in France” http://www.syracuse.com/forums/newswatch/index.ssf?artid=47410

DISCUSSANYTHING.COM “French love for tyrany” http://www.discussanything.com/forums/archive/index.php/t-67719.html

TRANSNATIONAL NEWS “MEMRI: Anti-American Ba'th Activities in Paris” Published in Imra.org.il - Indexed on Nov 25, 2004 Excerpt 1 : “Relevance: With the defeat of the Saddam Hussein regime on April 9, 2003, the Ba'th ruling party was outlawed and a committee for the de-Ba'thification of Iraq was established.(1) However, the Ba'th's propaganda machine appears to have found a new abode in Paris, France, whence threats to the U.S. are issued regularly in three languages English, French, and Spanish. Not surprisingly, the Ba'thist propagandists use the word "resistance" (in French, "la resistance") to underscore the association with the struggle against the Nazi occupation of France during WWII”.

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“Virtual Jerusalem - The Place Where Jews Click - News Channel” Published in Virtualjerusalem.com - Indexed on Nov 25, 2004 Excerpt 2 : “Relevance: Introduction With the defeat of the Saddam Hussein regime on April 9, 2003, the Ba'th ruling party was outlawed and a committee for the deBa'thification of Iraq was established. [1] However, the Ba'th's propaganda machine appears to have found a new abode in Paris, France, whence threats to the U.S. are issued regularly in three languages - English, French, and Spanish. Not surprisingly, the Ba'thist propagandists use the word "resistance" (in French, "la resistance") to underscore the association with the struggle against the Nazi occupation of France during WWII.” http://newstrove.com/cgi-bin/search.pl?wn1=23240&title=Transnational%20News

JOHAINA > Sources > Organizations And Associations > Political > “... Middle East Media Research Institute-USA site 20/11/2004, Anti-American Ba'th Activities in Paris” http://ejohaina.ajeeb.com/SecSource.asp?category=90793&type=Se

ANALYSE TECHNIQUE – L'AVENIR DE L'IRAK Posté par lounet (430 messages) le 21/11/2004 : Excerpts : « La France a de la suite dans les idées ! Après Khomeiny et Arafat, le parti Irakiens Ba'th et la " résistance " se sont ancrés ou ? bien sur en Francophonie et plus particulièrement a Paris. Mon seul espoir, qu'ils ne sachent pas reconnaitre les champignons aussi bien que Scutateur ou qu'ils retournent défendre leurs idées sur le sol Irakien, par des manifestations désarmées et pacifiques.... Si vous voulez envoyer champignons dons ou soutiens, leur téléphone, fax et site internet sont inclus » http://www.pro-at.com/forums/bourse-19-11187.html

RANTBURG ARTICLE 11/20/2004 Europe

“Baath Party sets up in Paris From MEMRI... » http://rantburg.com/popArticle.asp?ID=49327

GABRIELLE GOLDWATER'S

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REPORTS “Anti-American Ba'th Activities in Paris” http://goldwater.mideastreality.com/2004/nov/19_12.html

MANGLED THOUGHTS Excerpts : “As Mr. Rapaheli continues, it is the French Govt’s. position to back Islamofascist-totalitarina mass murdering thugs in Iraq and are working to the aim of having them installed as the regime of Iraq. And leftoids call the U.S. evil and nazified! What, pray then, must France be, Satan and all his host let loose? See, Latham, what happens when boors like your goodself exaggerate, it helps not at all in identifying and facing the truly malevolent in which ranks stands the Communisto Govt. of France.” http://www.gravett.org/mt/

APS FORUM “Anti-American Ba'th Activities in Paris” ... APS Forum —› Nyheter - Stoff til Antipsykopatisk Senter —› Anti-American Ba'th Activities in Paris. http://antipsykopat.org/miniBB/index.php?action=vthread&forum=3&topic=7114

METROSPY – MODERN AMERICAN TRADITIONS http://members5.boardhost.com/frogweenies/

MARIE KOMAR http://www.fivedoves.com/letters/nov2004/mariek1122-4.htm

SCHEMA-ROOT.ORG Militants < Lebanon < Mideast < Region http://www.schema-root.org/region/mideast/lebanon/militants/

SPAIN OIL & GAS NEWS – MEDIA MONITORING SERVICE

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BY EIN NEWS http://216.239.59.104/search?q=cache:A86m8Uh3_scJ:www.einnews.com/spain/newsfeedSpainOil+Ba%27th+%2B+Paris&hl=fr

LEBANON OIL & GAS NEWS – MEDIA MONITORING SERVICE BY EIN NEWS http://216.239.59.104/search?q=cache:YZkbXGkS6psJ:www.einnews.com/lebanon/newsfeed -LebanonOil+Ba%27th+%2B+Paris&hl=fr

POWER LINE “The Ba'ath find a new home” November 20, 2004 Excerpts : “We apparently have yet to sound the bottom of French perfidy. In a development I have seen reported nowhere else, MEMRI has issued a mind-boggling special report on the resurrection of the Iraqi Ba'ath Party on French soil: "Anti-American Ba'th activities in Paris." On a related note, the French broadcasting authority (CSA) announced on its site Friday that it has finalized an agreement with Hizbullah's Al-Manar television, allowing Hizbullah to remain on the air in France: "Al-Manar allowed to air in France".” http://216.239.59.104/search?q=cache:fWPJur6whdkJ:powerlineblog.com/archives/008678.p hp+Ba%27th+%2B+Paris&hl=fr

THE OMBUDSGOD! “MEMRI: Paris new home for Ba'thist propaganda machine” Tuesday, November 23, 2004 Excerpts : “Saddam Hussein’s Ba’th Party is outlawed in Iraq, but the Middle East Media Research Institute reports, “the Ba'th's propaganda machine appears to have found a new abode in Paris, France, whence threats to the U.S. are issued regularly in three languages English, French, and Spanish.” http://216.239.59.104/search?q=cache:4U8d066NXhMJ:ombudsgod.blogspot.com/+Ba%27th +%2B+Paris&hl=fr

BREAKING NEWS AND HEADLINES

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“MEMRI: Anti-American Ba'th Activities in Paris” Single Source to Headlines, Breaking ... Excerpts : “With the defeat of the Saddam Hussein regime on April 9, 2003, the Ba'th ruling party was outlawed and a committee for the de-Ba'thification of Iraq was established.(1) However, the Ba'th's propaganda machine appears to have found a new abode in Paris, France, whence threats to the U.S. are issued regularly in three languages English, French, and Spanish. Not surprisingly, the Ba'thist propagandists use the word "resistance" (in French, "la resistance") to underscore the association with the struggle against the Nazi occupation of France during WWII.”

VIRTUAL JERUSALEM (2) Excerpts : “Introduction With the defeat of the Saddam Hussein regime on April 9, 2003, the Ba'th ruling party was outlawed and a committee for the de-Ba'thification of Iraq was established. [1] However, the Ba'th's propaganda machine appears to have found a new abode in Paris, France, whence threats to the U.S. are issued regularly in three languages English, French, and Spanish. Not surprisingly, the Ba'thist propagandists use the word "resistance" (in French, "la resistance") to underscore the association with the struggle against the Nazi occupation of France during WWII.” http://66.102.9.104/search?q=cache:MOwoUmLVOqwJ:www.ihavenet.com/france.html+Ba %27th+%2B+Paris&hl=fr

MY VAST RIGHT WING CONSPIRACY » http://bamapachyderm.com/archives/2004/11/20/anti-american-bath-activities-in-paris/

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PRO-JEWISH ACTION “Anti-American Ba'th Activities Now In Paris! Where Else?” http://66.102.9.104/search?q=cache:3GJzzTyCgNYJ:groups.msn.com/ProJewishAction/gener al.msnw+Ba%27th+%2B+Paris&hl=fr

FREEDOMLIST http://66.102.9.104/search?q=cache:9XASzMBFgasJ:www.freedomlist.com/news.php%3Fnid %3D140+Ba%27th+%2B+Paris&hl=fr

UNITED JERUSALEM – ISRAEL-NEWS TODAY http://www.unitedjerusalem.org/index2.asp?id=520397

MEMEORANDUM http://66.102.9.104/search?q=cache:VErhhaSPT78J:www.memeorandum.com/04/11/21/+Ba %27th+%2B+Paris&hl=fr

POWER LINE “The Ba'ath find a new home” http://powerlineblog.com/archives/008678.php

BEACH CITIES IMC NEWSWIRE “Saddam's Ba'ath Party Resurrected in France MEMRI has an appalling report on the totalitarian Marxist/Islamist Ba'ath Party, which has found a new life thanks to our purported ally France: Anti-American Ba'th Activities in Paris. With the defeat of the Saddam Hussein regime on April 9, 2003, the Ba'th ruling party was outlawed and a committee ...” http://66.102.9.104/search?q=cache:gctcxahJcB4J:www.beachcitiesimc.org/newswire.php+Ba %27th+%2B+Paris&hl=fr

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ROCHESTER RAGING RHINOS FORUMS - THE OTHER F-WORD “And the point is ?...France allows free speech ? France recognizes that in order to achieve a peaceful Iraq all parties have to be at the table, not just the ones chosen by the coalition ? France doesn't kowtow to the Bush administration ? Maybe everyone in Iraq isn't happy that Saddam is gone ? That the Baathist Party remains strong even though the country is occupied ?” http://216.239.59.104/search?q=cache:qGOz0niwGMUJ:www.rhinosfan.com/forums/archive/ index.php/t-453.html+Ba%27th+%2B+Paris&hl=fr

LEBANESE-CANADIAN COORDINATING COUNCIL (LCCC) http://216.239.59.104/search?q=cache:L59q3Y3IsWsJ:10452lccc.com/+Ba%27th+%2B+Pari s&hl=fr

IOWA GEEK “Our friends the French” Saturday, November 20, 2004 by Doug Excerpt : “Not only were government officials heavily bribed by Saddam. Not only did French companies illegally trade with Iraq after Desert Storm. Not only has Paris done everything to hinder and belittle American progress on the War on Terrorists. Now, I find that France not only allowed the Ba'ath party to be reconstituted in Paris, but they actively encouraged it. Here are some tidbits coming out of the story: The resurrection of the Ba'th Party on French soil was further strengthened by France's proposal that representatives of "la resistance" should participate in any future conference that will be convened to discuss the future of Iraq. This position was clearly stated by Michel Barnier, the French Foreign Minister, in an interview with the French TV station " France Inter." In the interview, Mr. Barnier called for a political process in Iraq that would include "a number of groups and people who have today opted for the path of resistance through the use of weapons." ...and... "We are numerous everywhere in the world, and particularly in the French-speaking space, to wish not only the end of the Yankee's occupation in Iraq, but more the victory of the Ba'thist resistance, which claims itself of Saddam Hussein and which is organized in the Movement Resistance and Liberation [poor translation from the original in French, meaning the Resistance and Liberation Movement] of Iraq." [8] The newsletter extends the purpose of the "resistance" not only to defeat "the AmericanZionist imperialism in Iraq," but to other fronts, "particularly in occupied Palestine and Europe, where the Yankee domination is shaken today." It goes on to affirm its agreement

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with Che Guevara that, "imperialism has a head, the United States, and that it should be cut off!"” http://iowageek.blogspot.com/2004/11/our-friends-french.html

YAHOO ACTUALITE Le Conseil national de la résistance irakienne Memri - 30 Nov. 10:51 « Avec la destitution du régime de Saddam Hussein le 9 avril 2003, le parti Baath au pouvoir est devenu illégal, tandis qu'un comité de "débaasification" s'est créé en Irak. [1] La machine de propagande baasiste semble toutefois avoir trouvé son nouveau siège à Paris, d'où des menaces contre les Etats-Unis sont émises régulièrement en trois langues: le français, l'anglais et l'espagnol ». http://fr.search.yahoo.com/search/news?ei=ISO-8859-1&fr=nhp&p=Baath&c=0

LE MONDE La Conférence de Charm el Cheikh est "vaine" (Baas clandestin) Le Monde - 22 Nov. 00:37 « Le Parti Baas irakien, désormais clandestin, a qualifié lundi de "vaine" la Conférence sur l'Irak qui doit s'ouvrir lundi en Egypte, et a accusé le président Hosni Moubarak de vouloir "jouer les comploteurs et les entremetteurs" aux profits des Américains."Vaine sera l'organisation de la Conférence de Charm el-Cheikh ».

FORUM DE SCIENCE-PO http://forums.sciences-po.fr/read.php?f=20&i=4713&t=4713

THE DAILY SPORK Sunday, November 21, 2004

Time for a Ba'th “Another winning article from MEMRI, this time on the Ba'ath party's operations in...France.” http://66.102.9.104/search?q=cache:a-zVr1jkLXcJ:mahdi.blogdrive.com/archive/cm-11_cy2004_m-11_d-24_y-2004_o-0.html+Ba%27ath+%2B+France+&hl=fr

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SWING OUT DC View topic - french government supporting our ... “... The Franco-German alliance has been given the Ba'ath a pass for quite sometime. ... France has also long been known as a money funnel to Middle East terrorists. ... “

french government supporting our enemies in iraq “another reason to seek regime change in france.... middle east media research institute wrote: With the defeat of the Saddam Hussein regime on April 9, 2003, the Ba'th ruling party was outlawed and a committee for the de-Ba'thification of Iraq was established. [1] However, the Ba'th's propaganda machine appears to have found a new abode in Paris, France, whence threats to the U.S. are issued regularly in three languages - English, French, and Spanish. Not surprisingly, the Ba'thist propagandists use the word "resistance" (in French, "la resistance") to underscore the association with the struggle against the Nazi occupation of France during WWII. The resurrection of the Ba'th Party on French soil was further strengthened by France's proposal that representatives of "la resistance" should participate in any future conference that will be convened to discuss the future of Iraq. This position was clearly stated by Michel Barnier, the French Foreign Minister, in an interview with the French TV station " France Inter." In the interview, Mr. Barnier called for a political process in Iraq that would include "a number of groups and people who have today opted for the path of resistance through the use of weapons." [2] full article: http://www.memri.org/bin/opener_latest.cgi?ID=IA19704 don't know about Hyong's particular beef, but France's Middle East politics have always been fair target, as far as I'm concerned. Because of past colonial interests in Syria and northern Africa, France has developed into a haven for Arab terrorists, and has seemed to show little interest in defusing Middle East hostilities. France has always shown support to the PLO, even when it was an organization explicitly aimed at the destruction of Israel, and as recently as last year refused to consider Hamas' political wing a terrorist organization. France has also long been known as a money funnel to Middle East terrorists. With respect to America "doing whatever is convenient for America" in their foreign policy, I'd only simply point out that every country does what's in it's best interest. I don't think "convenience" would be the word I'd use however. Still, it's called American foreign policy for a reason. The French have been sympathetic to the Arab world for decades (as has been mentioned here). The Franco-German alliance has been given the Ba'ath a pass for quite sometime. Along with the UN, Europe was responsible for bank rolling Saddam's regime for quite sometime, just as we were before them. Why? Because at the time it was in our best interest. What's so offensive about French support of ex-Ba'athists and known terrorists organizations is something reflexive in the Western mind regarding the conflict we currently face. It is the hope of many that the French's colonial sympathies would finally fade and they would recognize the fight in which they are now a de facto part, whether they like it or not, but this is unrealistic. We must simply recognize that the French experience and traditions are different from our own and that they cannot be relied upon to think differently because terrorists have not attacked them on the scale they have attacked us.

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Even were they were to do so, the French response I'm guessing would be decidedly different and reduced in scope, typical of European staure and attitudes. This is no insult, though I am no less disappointed in them or our other "friends".” http://www.swingoutdc.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=48864

THE SKEPTICIAN Saturday 20th, November 2004

Is France Joining the Axis of Evil? “Two interesting data points: 1. Joyner is reporting that the Fallujah "uprising" isn't an uprising at all, but instead an organized resistance movement setup by Saddam before his capture and operated by the Ba'ath party affiliates in Syria. 2. IRMA is running a MEMRI report that the center of Ba'ath resistance has found a new home. In Paris. Go figure. Treat both as suspect until better information becomes available, however, both are surely believable. If both turn out to be true, could this mean that Paris has now become the locus of international terrorism?” http://66.102.9.104/search?q=cache:aGLyHLsFOL4J:www.skeptician.com/+Ba%27ath+%2B +France+&hl=fr

NEW YORK POST ONLINE EDITION postopinion

GETTING IRAQ'S ELECTION RIGHT By AMIR TAHERI “November 24, 2004 -- IGNORING advice from some friends and rejecting pres sure from many foes, Iraq's interim government has decided to hold the country's first-ever free elections on Jan. 30. Voters will choose a constituent assembly, a Kurdish regional assembly and local assemblies for the nation's 18 provinces. The decision was announced on the eve of an international conference in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, on the future of Iraq. At least some participants had hinted that one of their objectives at the conference was to get the elections postponed until "suitable conditions" for holding them were in place. Leading the call was France, still sulking over the demise of its once-cherished ally Saddam Hussein. Last week in London, President Jacques Chirac admitted that getting rid of Saddam "may well have been good idea" — then added a big "but" about the wisdom of early elections in Iraq. His argument for delay was based on the claim that he wanted "broader participation" in the elections. Russia and a few Arab states also used the phrase as a code word for derailing the democratic process.

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The camp of Saddam nostalgics, including Chirac and U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan, have done all they could to derail Iraq's elections. They even portrayed the hostagetakers and head-choppers who terrorize parts of Iraq as "la resistance" and insisted that they should have a place in shaping the future of the country. French Foreign Minister Michel Barnier spent weeks trying to get the so-called "resistance" into the Sharm elSheikh conference.” http://www.nypost.com/postopinion/opedcolumnists/32135.htm

PROCHE-ORIENT.INFO 22 novembre 2004 / 11 h 45

Le parti Baas, désormais clandestin en Irak, s'oppose à la conférence internationale de Charm el-Cheikh et qualifie les élections, prévues le 30 janvier, de « mascarades » « AFP – Paris. "Vaine sera l'organisation de la Conférence de Charm el-Cheikh. Elle sera inutile à ceux qui l'organisent ou à ceux qui y participeront", affirme le Parti Baas de l'ancien président Saddam Hussein, dans un communiqué transmis par le site des "Comités Irak de base", qui répercutent à extérieur les déclarations et communiqués du Baas. Ce parti, au pouvoir de 1968 à 2003, a été interdit par les forces américaines et est devenu totalement clandestin. "La résistance irakienne, à travers les coups qu'elle assène envoie un message clair aux régimes arabes de comploteurs et d'entremetteurs et en premier lieu à Hosni Moubarak. Il n'y a pas de processus politique en Irak occupé, par contre, il y a confrontation et combat contre l'occupant et ses collaborateurs", ajoute le communiqué. Le parti qualifie également de "mascarades" les élections annoncées pour le 30 janvier, et demande notamment "le retrait sans conditions des forces américaines d'Irak", "la remise en place de la direction nationale irakienne avec à sa tête Saddam Hussein", et "la formation d'un gouvernement pluraliste et démocratique", composé de combattants qui ont combattu l'occupation". » http://www.proche-orient.info/xjournal_pol_der_heure.php3?id_article=32633

CROSSING THE RUBICON2 Anti-American Baathists Find Refuge in France “France, supremely helpful (to our enemies) as usual: With the defeat of the Saddam Hussein regime on April 9, 2003, the Ba'th ruling party was outlawed and a committee for the de-Ba'thification of Iraq was established. [1] However, the Ba'th's propaganda machine appears to have found a new abode in Paris, France, whence threats to the U.S. are issued regularly in three languages - English, French, and Spanish. Not surprisingly, the Ba'thist propagandists use the word "resistance" (in French, "la resistance") to underscore the association with the struggle against the Nazi occupation of France during WWII.

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The resurrection of the Ba'th Party on French soil was further strengthened by France's proposal that representatives of "la resistance" should participate in any future conference that will be convened to discuss the future of Iraq. This position was clearly stated by Michel Barnier, the French Foreign Minister, in an interview with the French TV station " France Inter." In the interview, Mr. Barnier called for a political process in Iraq that would include "a number of groups and people who have today opted for the path of resistance through the use of weapons." [2] The National Council for the Iraqi Resistance The National Council for the Iraqi Resistance, also referred to as the United Council for the Iraqi Resistance, was born in June 2003, comprising Ba'th activists (referred to as militants), remnants of the Iraqi army and Republican Guard, and what are described as "heroes of the national security apparatus." The membership of the leadership of the Council remains secret, although in an interview with the former Iraqi Vice President, Izzat Ibrahim Al-Duri, he was identified as the leader of the resistance. A press release identifies the forces operating under the umbrella of the Ba'thist Resistance. They include: [3] - The Ba'thist Socialist Arab Party of Iraq (as a clandestine organization) - The [Iraqi] "Resistance and Liberation" movement - The Unified Council of Iraqi Resistance - Many military forces like the "Fedayyoun of Saddam" and the "Second Army of Mohammad" [4] Joining them "on the sidelines," according to the news release, are the various "patriotic formations" which include communists and Nasserites. ...In the most recent newsletter issued in Paris by the Comités Irak on November 17, 2004, [14] the Ba'th Party reaffirms its pledge to the Iraqi people that the destruction of "the puppet authority infrastructure is the heart of the armed Iraqi Resistance Strategy." [In the French version, there is a reference to " du gournement fantoche de Quisling Yankee Allaoui," meaning "the puppet government of the Yankee Quisling Allawi"] [15] The newsletter ends with exhortations such as: "Long live Saddam Hussein, the fighter, who is the Comrade Leader secretary general of the Region of Iraq [as distinct from the Syrian region], President of the Republic, symbol of courage, defying the jail camps, conceiver, engineer and planner of the Glorious Iraqi Armed Resistance!" “ http://216.109.117.135/search/cache?p=ba%27th+%2B+France&ei=UTF8&fl=0&b=71&u=northernva.typepad.com/&w=ba+th+france&d=CA06A44C26&icp=1&.in tl=us

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FAITH HOPE AND CHARITY Saturday, November 20, 2004

France holds up its end of the Axis of Weasels From MEMRI (Middle East Media Research Institute): “MEMRI: Latest News: "With the defeat of the Saddam Hussein regime on April 9, 2003, the Ba'th ruling party was outlawed and a committee for the de-Ba'thification of Iraq was established. [1] However, the Ba'th's propaganda machine appears to have found a new abode in Paris, France, whence threats to the U.S. are issued regularly in three languages English, French, and Spanish. Not surprisingly, the Ba'thist propagandists use the word 'resistance' (in French, 'la resistance') to underscore the association with the struggle against the Nazi occupation of France during WWII. The resurrection of the Ba'th Party on French soil was further strengthened by France's proposal that representatives of 'la resistance' should participate in any future conference that will be convened to discuss the future of Iraq. This position was clearly stated by Michel Barnier, the French Foreign Minister, in an interview with the French TV station ' France Inter.' In the interview, Mr. Barnier called for a political process in Iraq that would include 'a number of groups and people who have today opted for the path of resistance through the use of weapons.' [2]" My comment: This is really almost an act of war by France. To establish a base of support for the former thugocracy of Iraq which is currently engaged in killing our troops, Iraqi troops and innocent Iraqi civilians, is unconscionable and uncomprehensible. There is no charm that is enought to compensate for this traitorous act by them. I hope our President will do something about this. “ http://faithhopeandcharity.blogspot.com/

JUNKYARDBLOG Comment on BAATH PARTY LIVES ON IN FRANCE “Nazi-occupied Vichy France was the birthplace of the Baath Party. Why should we expect modern France to do anything but try and resurrect its creation? With the defeat of the Saddam Hussein regime on April 9, 2003, the Ba'th ruling party was outlawed and a committee for the de-Ba'thification of Iraq was established. [1] However, the Ba'th's propaganda machine appears to have found a new abode in Paris, France, whence threats to the U.S. are issued regularly in three languages - English, French, and Spanish. Not surprisingly, the Ba'thist propagandists use the word "resistance" (in French, "la resistance") to underscore the association with the struggle against the Nazi occupation of France during WWII. The resurrection of the Ba'th Party on French soil was further strengthened by France's proposal that representatives of "la resistance" should participate in any future conference

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that will be convened to discuss the future of Iraq. This position was clearly stated by Michel Barnier, the French Foreign Minister, in an interview with the French TV station " France Inter." The National Council for the Iraqi Resistance, also referred to as the United Council for the Iraqi Resistance, was born in June 2003, comprising Ba'th activists (referred to as militants), remnants of the Iraqi army and Republican Guard, and what are described as "heroes of the national security apparatus." The membership of the leadership of the Council remains secret, although in an interview with the former Iraqi Vice President, Izzat Ibrahim Al-Duri, he was identified as the leader of the resistance. These post-Saddam Baathists are using "French speaking space" to try to defeat us in Iraq and then destroy the West:" In a newsletter (dated simply 2003) lacking the State of Iraq's Cote of Arms (state symbol), which appears on subsequent releases, the authors declared in an exhortative language: "We are numerous everywhere in the world, and particularly in the French-speaking space, to wish not only the end of the Yankee's occupation in Iraq, but more the victory of the Ba'thist resistance, which claims itself of Saddam Hussein and which is organized in the Movement Resistance and Liberation [poor translation from the original in French, meaning the Resistance and Liberation Movement] of Iraq." [8] The newsletter extends the purpose of the "resistance" not only to defeat "the AmericanZionist imperialism in Iraq," but to other fronts, "particularly in occupied Palestine and Europe, where the Yankee domination is shaken today." It goes on to affirm its agreement with Che Guevara that, "imperialism has a head, the United States, and that it should be cut off!" The French-speaking space is identified as Belgium, France, Quebec, and Frenchspeaking Switzerland. The space will be occupied by "a French-Speaking Coordination of the Iraq Committees." France is knowingly aiding the terrorists who are killing civilian aid workers and contractors as well as American troops in Iraq. France's attempt to re-plant the Arab arm of the Nazi reich must be stopped.” http://junkyardblog.net/archives/week_2004_11_21.html#003777

BAGHDAD DWELLER Baath Party in France…? November 22nd, 2004 Exerpt 1 : “There is a very small idea run in the back of my head that France have something to do with insurgency in Iraq and after I saw this it seems the idea began to crawl forward and growing bigger. A web site based in France called “Iraq committees” which is a “Baath party” web site, if you click “ENTER” you will see all the “Baath Party”’s statements and their major propaganda of the victory of the resistance…...etc. Iraq committees Until now everything is normal, I mean those guys can run their web site from wherever they want but here comes the weird part, if you scroll at the bottom of the site you see this “LCDP-2003” click on it and it will take you to a web site called “Le Cause des Peuples” which is the official magazine of the gathering of the “hard core” National-European

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Communist Parties, now scroll above again and above the big red letters you see links click on the far right link, the one which says “Liens” and it will take you to two images click on the right one and you will be in “Reseau Voltaire”=”Red Vlotaire”, this is the magazine of the French Communist Party. What brings the French/European Communist parties to join the baath party with it’s “struggle for freedom”?, every Iraqi knows that the first thing baath party did when they came to power is killing and jailing everyIraqi communist. It is really a riddle I tried to solve from all the sides but no way, any help or clarification will be appreciated .” Excerpt 2 :

4 Responses to 'Baath Party in France…?' “Keld Bach Says: November 23rd, 2004 at 11:52 am Sounds pretty wierd but in France there’s a great hostility towards the US - especially among the socialists/communists - so that’s probably the reason why they have joined forces with the Ba’ath party. They will do anything to prevent the election to take place in Iraq, which is a bad sign. If they succeed, the situation will be much worse than today - it might result in a civil war, which not even the US (or UN) will be able to stop. Read the statement here: http://comitesirak.free.fr/baath/baath-041115-en.htm Keld Bach Says: November 23rd, 2004 at 11:59 am Sounds pretty wierd but in France there’s a a strong hostility towards the US among the socialist/communists, so that might be the reason why they seem to have joined forces. The Ba’ath party will do anything to prevent the election to take place in Iraq. Read their statement: http://comitesirak.free.fr/baath/baath-041115-en.htm Keld Bach’s Press Cuttings Says: November 23rd, 2004 at 1:40 pm Exclusive interview with Resistance leader Abu Mu’tassim Because of AL MAJD’s outstanding attitude towards Iraqi Resistance, this Newspaper was able to get into the heart of the heroic Iraqi Resistance, to find more about its activities led by the Ba’ath Party, and to inform the public about its field dev… LadyBird Says: November 23rd, 2004 at 9:10 pm It’s all started in 1968 when Baath party came to power, the first thing they did is jailing and killing their ex-power partner “the communist party”, my father was one of the people whom been jailed and my Mother been fired from work, until Saddam needed weapons from Russia so he send Azziz to arrange that but the Russians turned Azziz back without weapons so Saddam himself went to Russia and the Russians told him he must change his policy against the “ICP” (Iraq communist Party) this is the only way to get the weapons, this was about 1976. Saddam agreed and all the members of the ICP been released most of them fled the country ( that is why me and my parents lived in Lebanon for 3 years before we went back to Iraq “amnsty”), most of the leaders of the ICP been killed in exile by “unknown”, until the day when I left Iraq in 1992 iraqi security kept an eye on my parents even when they are in their 60’s. I helped a friend of mine “Comrade Mudarisov” with his great guide about the history of the ICP, you can see it here, many names in this guide are friends of my parents.

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Please remember the ICP in Iraq was biggest party and was looked at in a very positive way, all the Iraqi intellectuals were members of the ICP until today, so it is a different imag than in west Europe about the communists. By the way forgot to say when i was 13 i have been kicked out of the school because I was buying the communist party newspaper “tareek Al-sha’ab” “the way of the people” and my parents had to find a new school for me.” http://www.roadstoiraq.com/index.php?paged=2 http://www.roadstoiraq.com/?p=111

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GEOPOLITICALREVIEW: November 21, 2004

French Offensive “By any measure, it has been an extraordinary week of public attacks against the United States by France and her surrogates. Expanding upon his anti-American tirades early last month, French President Jacque Chirac began the barrage this week by stating, "Britain gave its support [for removing Saddam] but I did not see much in return. I am not sure that it is in the nature of our American friends at the moment to return favours systematically." Such a statement does not surprise us for two reasons, although that does not diminish their inappropriateness. The first is that this comment illustrates perfectly the lack of understanding Mr. Chirac has for the priceless benefits a democratic Iraq would reap in the war against Islamofascism, not to mention the low respect he holds for freedom and democracy. The second reason is that France profited greatly from bribes and kickbacks resulting from the U.N. Oil for Food Scandal, in addition to multi-billion dollar oil contracts negotiated with the Saddam Hussein regime. Accordingly, it is inconceivable to Mr. Chirac that Tony Blair would follow President Bush and remove a dictator without receiving instant gratification in the form of an economic windfall. It has become increasingly clear that a French rule of thumb is that an endeavor is not worth undertaking if your pockets are not subsequently filled. As outlandish as the above comments are, Mr. Chirac's comments on Thursday were even more so. He repeated the hackneyed belief that "terrorism around the world has increased because of the war in Iraq." Perhaps that is the case, but the same could be said about intervention in Afghanistan. However, since that endeavor was less controversial, is now considered a success and France did not have any monetary interests in Afghanistan (that we are aware of), such trivialities are overlooked. Nevertheless, this same line of juvenile logic could be applied to any military mobilization throughout history. No doubt military combat increased around the world after the United States responded to Japan's bombing of Pearl Harbor. And Reagan's decision to reject a nuclear freeze almost certainly resulted in more nuclear weapons being built in the world. We could continue repeating examples debunking this flawed logic, but you get the point. This is the type of reasoning that the

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likes of Michael Moore routinely use. And by that we mean statements that initially seem sensible are later revealed as severely flawed upon further investigation. Meanwhile, a French "strategy expert," Pascal Boniface, Director of the Institute for International and Strategic Studies in Paris, addressed a seminar organized by the Arab World Institute on Wednesday and branded the U.S. practices against the Fallujah residents as "state terrorism." Bonifance conveniently ignored the facts now emerging from Fallujah of "slaughter houses," mutilated bodies of Westerners in the street, and the many Fallujah residents delighted at having their city liberated from Taliban-like thugs. Nevertheless, during the course of his lecture, he proceeded to state that the murder of the wounded terrorist in a Fallujah mosque, as well as alleged prisoner abuse at Abu Ghreib and Guantanamo Bay "demonstrate an established policy and doctrine." Bonifance continued pandering to his audience by saying that "despite the absence of democracy and political pressure groups, the Arab public opinion is turning into a mighty force" and "the emerging force of the public opinion, motivated by the Arab satellite channels, is now seen by the west and the Americans as the official spokesman of the Arab world." Based on the information available to us, Bonifance never called for greater political reform in the Arab world, rejection of Islmoafascist tactics or pleaded for support of democracy in Iraq. Instead, he chose to serve as a mouthpiece for the French government and propagate the appeasement of France's domestic Muslim population. As troubling as the above situations may be, the following two situations are incredibly concerning regarding France's role as an ally in the worldwide War on Terror. The first example comes from the Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI) which reveals that France has become an outpost for the Iraqi resistance: [T]he Ba'th's propaganda machine appears to have found a new abode in Paris, France, whence threats to the U.S. are issued regularly in three languages - English, French, and Spanish. Not surprisingly, the Ba'thist propagandists use the word "resistance" (in French, "la resistance") to underscore the association with the struggle against the Nazi occupation of France during WWII. The resurrection of the Ba'th Party on French soil was further strengthened by France's proposal that representatives of "la resistance" should participate in any future conference that will be convened to discuss the future of Iraq. This position was clearly stated by Michel Barnier, the French Foreign Minister, in an interview with the French TV station " France Inter." The second development is that France has approved a Hezbollah-linked TV channel to broadcast within the European Union which is all but guaranteed to increase the already large amount of anti-Semitic propaganda in France and Europe: In a move that angered French Jews, the French broadcasting authority (CSA) announced on its site Friday that it has finalized an agreement with Hizbullah's Al-Manar television, allowing the controversial anti-Israel broadcaster to remain on the airwaves in France. On Tuesday representatives of Al-Manar in France were given a license they requested to carry on broadcasting in France and parts of Europe. In January 2003, over the Muslim festive season of Ramadan, Al-Manar broadcast AlShatat, meaning Diaspora, which portrayed the history of Jews and Zionism from 1812 till 1948. Based on the "The Protocols of the Elders of Zion," the Syrian-produced program alludes to a Jewish conspiracy for world domination, inspired by the Talmud, and shows, among other incitement-charged scenes, a group of Jews, acting on the orders of a rabbi, killing a Christian toddler to use his blood in baking matzots for Passover. The fact that a terrorist-linked media network is permitted to broadcast in France might explain the revelation that three Frenchmen were recently killed fighting with insurgents

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against US-led troops in Iraq. We should also note that the Fox News channel is not allowed to broadcast in France. Sensing the growing French hostility towards the United States, and especially their Iraq venture, Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage stated yesterday that Chriac is "fearful that we'll be successful…since he's made the decision not to be involved in Iraq." We could not agree with Armitage's comments enough, and this is perhaps the best explanation for France's behavior even after their oil contracts were taken away and Saddam was captured in his spider hole. By choosing to side with a dictator, terrorist enabler and all-around despot, France chose their side, while masquerading their decision as support for international law and preference for world stability. So, in order to continue portraying their decision as correct, and keep attention away from their deplorable behavior (oil for food, lying to Colin Powell, oil contracts with Saddam, etc.), they must take all measures to present their stance as correct. Given their position, this naturally requires using illogic and the media to solidify France's view of the Iraq situation. And we will give credit where credit is due because they have succeeded far better than the United States in presenting their viewpoint, no matter how great the distortion. Oh, and we did not even have time to discuss Chirac's assertion that only the United Nations should decide wars or his reiteration that the Iraq war was illegal. It really has been a busy week. ConsterNations has some additional information on Chirac's actions this week, specifically his call for U.N. Security Council reform. “ http://www.geopoliticalreview.com/archives/000524.html

CONSERVATIVE CLIPPINGS NEWS “... Anti-American Ba'th Activities in Paris - (MEMRI) The Iraqi Ba'th party resurfaces, supported by France !!!” http://216.109.124.98/search/cache?p=Memri+%2B+Ba%27th+%2B+Paris&ei=UTF8&fl=1&meta=vl%3D&vl=&u=www.pehoushek.com/NEWSLETTER/newsletter.php&w=m emri+ba+th+paris&d=8D7F44179C&icp=1&.intl=fr

NEOLIBERALISMO.COM « MEMRI es un instituto de investigaciones no partidista, sin fines de lucro que traduce y analiza los medios de información en Arabe, Farsi, y Hebreo. ... Nov 19 IA# 197 Actividades antiamericanas del Ba'th en París ... » www.neoliberalismo.com/link_arabe.htm

5 SMOOTH STONES “... surprise that we learn of a growing Ba'th unification in Paris? Let's face it, the French government is ... Media Analysis. MEMRI: The Middle East Media Research Institute ...” « Vive

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“With France's obfuscation and obstruction on the UN Security Council against bringing Saddam Hussein to law and justice, is it any surprise that we learn of a growing Ba'th unification in Paris? Let's face it, the French government is not our ally. That doesn't necessarily make them our enemy, but they are certainly going to make the transition to democracy in Iraq harder than it has to be. I hope that President Bush continues to keep the pressure on Weasle-in-Chief Monsieur Chirac to not provide Saddam's gang of thugs and murderers aid and comfort on his soil. Introduction With the defeat of the Saddam Hussein regime on April 9, 2003, the Ba'th ruling party was outlawed and a committee for the de-Ba'thification of Iraq was established.[1] However, the Ba'th's propaganda machine appears to have found a new abode in Paris, France, whence threats to the U.S. are issued regularly in three languages - English, French, and Spanish. Not surprisingly, the Ba'thist propagandists use the word "resistance" (in French, "la resistance") to underscore the association with the struggle against the Nazi occupation of France during WWII. The resurrection of the Ba'th Party on French soil was further strengthened by France's proposal that representatives of "la resistance" should participate in any future conference that will be convened to discuss the future of Iraq. This position was clearly stated by Michel Barnier, the French Foreign Minister, in an interview with the French TV station " France Inter." In the interview, Mr. Barnier called for a political process in Iraq that would include "a number of groups and people who have today opted for the path of resistance through the use of weapons." [2] Judging from the article, it would appear that much of the terrorist insurgency in Iraq is being directed and financed by holdovers of power and influence in the former Ba'th regime. Just one more reason to boycott France.” http://www.5smoothstones.net/ http://216.109.124.98/search/cache?p=Memri+%2B+Ba%27th+%2B+Paris&ei=UTF8&fl=1&meta=vl%3D&vl=&pstart=1&b=11&u=www.5smoothstones.net/&w=memri+ba+th +paris&d=F1F206A71F&icp=1&.intl=fr

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Thursday, December 02, 2004 “Is

the Ba'ath Party Being Resurrected on French Soil? “

Excerpt 1 : “According to Memri, the Ba'th's propaganda machine appears to have found a new abode in Paris, France, whence threats to the U.S. are issued regularly … Not surprisingly, the Ba'thist propagandists use the word "resistance" (in French, "la résistance") to underscore the association with the struggle against the Nazi occupation of France during WWII. The resurrection of the Ba'th Party on French soil was further strengthened by France's proposal that representatives of "la resistance" should participate in any future conference that will be convened to discuss the future of Iraq. This position was clearly stated by Michel Barnier, the French Foreign Minister … In the interview, Mr. Barnier called for a political process in Iraq that would include "a number of groups and people who have today opted for the path of resistance through the use of weapons." …Given that most of the [National Council for the Iraqi Resistance's] publications are issued through Yahoo France, one might suspect that most of the production is done in that country. “ Excerpt 2 : “No racism/hate speech or other opprobrium Trolls du Weaselistan, vous pouvez désormais jeter vos cartes de la LCR/LO/PS/PCF/PT/ATTAC/CGT/FO/Sud et même résigner vos abonnements au Monde, à Libé et à l'Huma : adhérez au Baas, groupe fasciste (socialiste assouvi) pro-terroriste ! Vous défilerez dans les rues avec des protraits de Saddam, vos femmes tenues en laisse sous leur hijab, vendant des ceintures de bombes "garanties 72 vierges" dans des stands avec du muguet... Vous serez carrément à la mode, et les médias-aux-ordres vous donneront une place de choix, avec en prime un statut à vie de "pauvre victime des méchants américains" ! ashamed-frenchman (...) It's so hard to get a good cafe au lait in Baghdad these days...” http://no-pasaran.blogspot.com/

ISRANEWS (1) Sunday, November 21, 2004.

Time for a Ba'th. “Another winning article from MEMRI, this time on the Ba'ath party's operations in...France. “ http://www.isranews.com/index3.htm

MEDIAFRONT Warblog from little germany • Anti Jihad • Anti Utopia • Anti State 2004-11-23

Meanwhile in Nazi Germany France ...

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Excerpts : “Anti-American Ba'th activities in Paris. With the defeat of the Saddam Hussein regime on April 9, 2003, the Ba'th ruling party was outlawed and a committee for the de-Ba'thification of Iraq was established. However, the Ba'th's propaganda machine appears to have found a new abode in Paris, France, whence threats to the U.S. are issued regularly in three languages - English, French, and Spanish. Not surprisingly, the Ba'thist propagandists use the word "resistance" (in French, "la resistance") to underscore the association with the struggle against the Nazi occupation of France during WWII. The resurrection of the Ba'th Party on French soil was further strengthened by France's proposal that representatives of "la resistance" should participate in any future conference that will be convened to discuss the future of Iraq. This position was clearly stated by Michel Barnier, the French Foreign Minister, in an interview with the French TV station 'France Inter.' In the interview, Mr. Barnier called for a political process in Iraq that would include "a number of groups and people who have today opted for the path of resistance through the use of weapons." As attacks rise in France, Jews flock to Israel.” http://mediafront.blogspot.com/2004/11/meanwhile-in-nazi-germany-france.html

THE PALESTINE NAME Anti-American Ba'th Activities in Paris MEMRI[Middle East Media Researh Institute] By: Dr. Nimrod Rapaheli - Nov 19, 2004 Excerpts : “With the defeat of the Saddam Hussein regime on April 9, 2003, the Ba'th ruling party was outlawed and a committee for the de-Ba'thification of Iraq was established. However, the Ba'th's propaganda machine appears to have found a new abode in Paris, France, whence threats to the U.S. are issued regularly in three languages - English, French, and Spanish. Not surprisingly, the Ba'thist propagandists use the word "resistance" (in French, "la resistance") to underscore the association with the struggle against the Nazi occupation of France during WWII. The resurrection of the Ba'th Party on French soil was further strengthened by France's proposal that representatives of "la resistance" should participate in any future conference that will be convened to discuss the future of Iraq. This position was clearly stated by Michel Barnier, the French Foreign Minister, in an interview with the French TV station " France Inter." In the interview, Mr. Barnier called for a political process in Iraq that would include "a number of groups and people who have today opted for the path of resistance through the use of weapons." Why should France have ANY say? They refused to take out the former brutal Iraqi regime who had violated resolution after resolution - becoming more and more brazen as they did. Also, top French business and political leaders [including Jacques Chirac] have been implicated by strong evidence that they were robbing the Iraqi people through the 'Oil for food' program. There are approx. 260 mass graves [and counting] through-out Iraq with an estimated 1 million point 3 victims. How much blame should be credited to the supporters of Saddam

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and his regime? For at least 2 decades the horror stories kept coming out of Iraq. It was no secret. (...) “ http://palestinename.com/frenchbath.htm

FRONTPAGE MAGAZINE (2) Viva La Lebanese Hatred! By Steven Stalinsky | December 20, 2004 Excerpts : “Over the past few years, France has won the reputation as being the leading anti-American voice of the Western world. Of late, news has been trickling out of France which suggests that President Chirac has taken his opposition to the U.S. to a new level. One example includes allowing the pro-Ba’th pro-Saddam group “La Resistance” to operate out of Paris. The group’s main goal is to support killing U.S. troops in Iraq. (For more information visit http://comitesirak.free.fr/eng/why.htm ) (...) Steven Stalinsky is the Executive Director of The Middle East Media Research Institute” http://www.frontpagemag.com/Articles/ReadArticle.asp?ID=16367

THE NEW-YORK SUN Lebanese MP Treated Like King in Paris December 16, 2004 “ ... suggesting that President Chirac has taken his opposition to America to a new level. One example includes allowing the pro-Baath pro-Saddam group "La Resistance" to operate out of Paris. The group's main goal is to support killing American troops in Iraq.” http://www.nysun.com/article/6386

ISRANEWS (1) Nov 30 « ... MEMRI: L'Institut de recherche médiatique du Moyen-Orient ... Activités antiaméricaines du parti Baath à Paris... » www.isranews.com/index3.htm http://216.109.124.98/search/cache?p=Baath+%2B+France+%2B+Memri&ei=UTF8&fl=1&vl=&meta=vl%3D&pstart=1&b=11&u=www.isranews.com/index3.htm&w=baath+f rance+memri&d=1AEE64D896&icp=1&.intl=fr

DALLAS-MAVS.COM FORUMS

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French Baathists Created On Monday January 19, 2004 Excerpt : “I guess there is hope for Saddam. The lefties in France will not forsake their champion. France is quickly turning into Tikrit, European style. With 30,000 fundamentalist muslims hitting the streets to protest a ban on head scarfs, car bombing assasination-attempts, and a laissez-fair governmental policy towards anti-semitism, France is on a slippery slope, looking more and more like jihad's European front. What will happen once the suicide bombings start becoming an every-day occurrance? Will France be able to support it's bloated welfare programs when tourists drop Paris below Monrovia on their list of possible summer destinations? I think will see France make concession after concession to the terrorists, directly followed by escalation in violence. The pattern will continue until 1) France is burned to the ground in nuclear fire 2) France surrenders 3) The US / NATO steps in to rescue their frog eating asses again If I had my choice, I'd be hard pressed to root for anything but option number one.” http://www.dallas-mavs.com/forums/messageview.cfm?catid=4&threadid=14811

ALMUAJAHA The Iraqi Witness: newswire/5508 http://www.almuajaha.com/

The True Face of the Iraqi Resistance: Part II by IRAQI BA'ATHIST RESISTANCE Excerpt 1 : “One must not be taken by the black propaganda of Gauleiter Bremer indeed, false diplomat and true specialist in “counter terrorism”. The imaginary claimings of resistance acts in the name of Al-Qaida (sic) or of Shiias ghost little groups (resic) whereas the Shiias mullahs control the “temporary” government installed by Bremer, whom they are the best allies of – aim only to prevent the Iraqi people to regroup behind the Ba'athist leadership. (...) July 17, 1968, the Socialist Arab Ba'ath Party overthrew the reactionary dictatorship of general Aref. The Ba'athist Revolution was going to bring to Iraq its national independence, with notably the control on nationalized oil. Ba'athism was going to also assure the modernization of the country, the teaching of literacy to the masses, the equality of women, the putting away of the islamist reaction and to put Iraq in the right fight against the Zionist colonialism and for the liberation of Palestine. The Ba'ath Party, in short, was going to achieve the Iraqi national unity and to found modern Iraqi patriotism around a secular and republican citizenship, unifying Sunnias, Shiias, Christians, Kurds and other minorities. This is all what the Quisling pupets government installed by the Gauleiter Bremer, Yankee proconsul in Baghdad, is ready to sell to the western occupant.

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When the Nazi armies entered into Paris, the Regime of Pétain spoke of a “divine surprise”. The Iraqi Collaborators go even further in ignominy : they have just made the Yankee occupant entrance in Baghdad, a day of national celebration !!! They affirm thus before History the illegitimacy of their puppets regime, that only rests on the strength of American bayonets. What other could one expect from this opportunist heap of traitors, Chalabi, swindler financed by the CIA, the Barzanis and Talabanis, Kurdish feudal clannish chiefs, puppets at the service of all imperialisms since four decades or again the Shiias mullahs at the orders of the Iranian reaction ? But in the clandestinity, the Iraqi ba'athist Resistance, that claims itself of Saddam HUSSEIN, the only legitimate Iraqi president, fights alone for the national liberation and the unity of the Iraqi people. One must not be taken by the black propaganda of Gauleiter Bremer indeed, false diplomat and true specialist in “counter terrorism”. The imaginary claimings of resistance acts in the name of Al-Qaida (sic) or of Shiias ghost little groups (resic) - whereas the Shiias mullahs control the “temporary” government installed by Bremer, whom they are the best allies of – aim only to prevent the Iraqi people to regroup behind the Ba'athist leadership. In this 35rd anniversary of the Revolution of July 17, 1968, which is a day of fight for our ba'athist comrades, the PCN-NCP greets the courage and the sacrifice of the partisans of Saddam HUSSEIN ! (...) See also: http://www.pcn-ncp.com/cp/cp030717eng.htm” Excerpt 2 : “The baby shall not be thrown out with the bath'st(ard) party (...) Notice that this is a communist website that is hosting this Ba'athist propaganda. Also notice that they pay tribute to the mass murderer Stalin, one of Saddam Hussein's mentors!!! http://www.pcn-ncp.com/dossier/stalin.htm I truly hope that the people of Iraq are able to see who their real enemies are. Please read up on the history of Joseph Stalin and that atrocities that he and his regime committed while ruling the Soviet Empire (...) This article above is surely completely up front and says things you would expect from the Ba'ath Party. There is as wide a range of Communists as there is of Christians or any other type of Ideology or religion. Many groups also carry lots of posts or articles they do not agree with themselves. Sometimes they have disclaimers and sometimes they don't. Usually to see what any site is on about you would need to look over all the articles and not just something about Stalin.” http://www.google.fr/search?q=cache:C0Pn0IsfeJ4J:www.almuajaha.com/newswire/display_ printable/5508/index.php+PCN-NCP+%2B+Iraq&hl=fr

ROBBY: MY HOMEPAGE Saddam's Ba'ath Party Resurrected in France “MEMRI has an appalling report on the totalitarian Marxist/Islamist Ba'ath Party, which has found a new life thanks to our purported ally France: Anti-American Ba'th Activities in Paris.”

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http://216.109.124.98/search/cache?p=Memri+%2B+Ba%27th+%2B+Paris&ei=UTF8&fl=1&vl=&meta=vl%3D&pstart=1&b=31&u=web.utk.edu/%7Erobby/setheadlines.php%3 Fhidehead%3Dwotd.rss&w=memri+ba+th+paris&d=B3134704B0&icp=1&.intl=fr

GRUPO DE ESTUDIOS ESTRATEGICOS http://www.gees.org/

Actividades antiamericanas del Ba'th en París (Publicado en Investigación y Análisis N.197–Iraq, el 19 de noviembre de 2004, MEMRI, The Middle East Media Research Institute) By Dr. Nimrod Raphaeli Colaboraciones nº 204 « La resurrección del partido Ba'th sobre suelo francés fue reforzada aún más por la propuesta francesa de que representantes de "la resistance" deberían participar en cualquier conferencia futura que se convoque para debatir el futuro de Irak. Esta posición fue claramente especificada por Michel Barnier, el Ministro de Exteriores francés, en una entrevista en la cadena francesa de televisión "France Inter". » http://www.gees.org/buscar.php?texto=Ba%27th&donde=0 http://www.gees.org/articulo/956/

WADI E.V. Verband für Krisenhilfe und solidarische Entwicklungszusammenarbeit WADI fördert Projekte in Irakisch-Kurdistan, Jordanien und Israel/Palästina. 23.11.2004 | MEMRI | Nimrod Raphaeli

Anti-American Ba'th Activities in Paris “With the defeat of the Saddam Hussein regime on April 9, 2003, the Ba'th ruling party was outlawed and a committee for the de-Ba'thification of Iraq was established. [1] However, the Ba'th's propaganda machine appears to have found a new abode in Paris, France, whence threats to the U.S. are issued regularly in three languages - English, French, and Spanish. Not surprisingly, the Ba'thist propagandists use the word "resistance" (in French, "la resistance") to underscore the association with the struggle against the Nazi occupation of France during WWII.” http://www.wadinet.de/news/iraq/newsarticle.php?id=446 http://216.109.124.98/search/cache?p=Memri+%2B+Ba%27th+partei+%2B+Paris&ei=UTF8&fl=1&meta=vl%3D&vl=&u=www.web.de/1051818&w=memri+ba+th+partei+paris&d=D A40485201&icp=1&.intl=fr

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LE FIGARO lundi 22 novembre 2004 « Préparatifs à Charm el-Cheikh de la Conférence ... Le parti Baas irakien (clandestin), qui encadrerait une partie des rebelles » www.lefigaro.fr/perm/afp/dos1/041122103159.cfhovfwn.html

AFP [lundi 22 novembre 2004 - 11h31 heure de Paris]

Préparatifs à Charm el-Cheikh de la Conférence internationale sur l'Irak © AFP Cris Bouroncle « CHARM EL-CHEIKH (AFP) - La station balnéaire égyptienne de Charm el-Cheikh accueille lundi et mardi l'un des plus grands rassemblements de diplomates de la planète sur l'Irak, en prévision des élections de janvier. Des représentants des Etats-Unis, de l'Irak, de l'Iran seront à la même table de conférence, en même temps que ceux des pays arabes et musulmans, du G-8 (principaux pays industrialisés), de l'UE (Union européenne), de la Chine et les Nations unies. Au centre de la conférence figurera l'avenir de l'Irak, en guerre depuis son invasion, par une coalition multinationale dirigée par les Etats-Unis, en mars 2003. Le gouvernement intérimaire de Bagdad a voulu forcer la main de la conférence en fixant, avant son ouverture, au 30 janvier la date des élections générales qui doivent se tenir en Irak pour choisir une Assemblée nationale transitoire chargée de former un nouveau gouvernement et préparer un projet de constitution permanente. Certaines délégations, dont l'Egypte, souhaitent le report du scrutin. Les Nations unies seraient aussi réticents à exposer leurs fonctionnaires, alors que les combats se poursuivent dans les régions sunnites entre troupes américaines et rebelles. Des parties irakiennes, notamment les sunnites, ont demandé un délai supplémentaire d'un mois. Le parti Baas irakien (clandestin), qui encadrerait une partie des rebelles, a qualifié de "vaine et inutile" la conférence de Charm el-Cheikh, soulignant qu'il "n'y a pas de processus politique dans un Irak occupé, mais confrontation et combat contre l'occupant". »

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