Baghdad, February 14: A senior Iraqi official says Washington and Riyadh are supporting the return of former Baath party members to power in a bid to counter what they call Iran’s influence in the country.
Iraq’s Justice and Accountability Commission Head, Ahmed Chalabi told Press TV that what motivates the United States and Saudi Arabia to back the return of Baathists to power is “their continuing conflict with Iran.”
“They think that the presence of Baathists in the parliament of Iraq would be an important card in their hands to stop the so-called spreading influence of Iran in Iraq.”
Chalabi went on to compare former dictator Saddam Hussein’s Baath party to the Nazi party in Germany, saying “the Baath party in Iraq is a totalitarian racist party.”
“They practice genocide and killed hundreds of thousands of Iraqis and promoted war just like the Nazi party in Germany,” said Chalabi.
“The crimes they committed in Iraq are comparable to the crimes that were committed by the Nazi party,” he added.
——-Agencies