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To: Maurice Winn who wrote (104520)	7/10/2003 8:13:44 AM
From: Brumar89	Read Replies (1) of 281500

I think denazification was much more lenient in Austria than in Germany. And within Germany, the British and French were more lenient than the Americans and Russians. Under denazification, low-level Nazi party members were individually investigated. If they turned out to have been guilty of nothing more than membership, I think they were given certificates of denazification. Such is my understanding. In Iraq, there is another (ethnic/religious) issue than just Baath party membership, I think. The Baath party and Saddam's government drew most of its support from the Sunni Arab minority - which is the segment producing the violent resistance now. Putting very many former Baath Sunni Arabs back in their positions sends a negative message to the 80% of the country which isn't Sunni and Arab - that they've been betrayed again - and could produce bigger problems than we face now with the Sunni Arabs.

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