Baath Party Personnel File

This Baath party file was taken from the Iraqi government and military facility at Salman Pak Iraq on April 6th, 2003 during the US push to Baghdad. The mission was a joint operation between 3/7 Marines and various special forces units and personnel. Referred to as a Sensitive Site Exploration, or SSE, the mission called for Marines from India Company to seize and secure predetermined buildings so special operations troops could enter and confiscate all files and other documents deemed critical to the intelligence effort. There was little to no resistance and U.S. forces were able to carry out the operation without incident.

The file itself is a glimpse into the mundane reality of being a low level Baathist under Saddam Hussein. The individual is not important by himself, but likely represents hundreds of thousands of individuals just like him that were party members in large part due to necessity of living under Saddam. The person in question doesn’t appear to have reached the lower levels of the party including Shubah (Sector), Firqah (Division) or even Khaliyah (cell).

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