its funny how that's been demonized tho... ppl here say ba'athist as if its the same as saying nazis. i've actually heard ppl say the ba'ath are the arab equivalent of nazis.

what's interesting is that the ba'ath party disintegrated b/c of the same reasons that the pan-african movement did. i wouldn't be suprised if saddam hussein hijacked the ba'ath platform in Iraq under the direction of the CIA.

there have been many a stooge leader with the same MO.