With the Jordanian gone, the former Baathists moved to assert Iraqi control over the group, from its central hierarchy to the provincial towns that were controlled by the Islamists in all but name.
Again, we have the unemployed Baathists sauntering about, fucking everything up. The staggeringly bad decision to de-Ba'ath-I've the Iraqi army and civil service would never lead to anything but continual heartbreak and sorrow.
