Iraq president calls Baker report 'very dangerous'

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF
Iraqi President Jalal Talabani on Sunday harshly criticized the bipartisan report recommending changes to US war policies. Talabani, a Kurd, said the report "is not fair, is not just and it contains some very dangerous articles which undermine the sovereignty of Iraq and the constitution." He singled out the report's call for the approval of a de-Baathification law that could allow thousands of officials from Saddam Hussein's ousted party to return to their jobs. "There is an article to bring back the Baathists to the political scene, which is very dangerous," he said in an interview with reporters at his office in Baghdad.