Also I think it is time to clarify some details about my background and status under the previous regime. I have never really mentioned before on this blog that I was a former Baathist some years ago. Shocked eh? Actually I had to become a party member during high school. Iraqi students from Kurdish families were expelled from the school (Baghdad College) after it became directly connected to Uday's Olympic committee. Our school's dean explained to us that any student that wasn't a party member would be also expelled. I couldn't afford to lose my seat in that school as it was the top school in Iraq, so I reluctantly joined the party ranks. At college however I managed to slip away gradually from the party and my membership file was lost somewhere in between. So I understand that not every Iraqi with ties to the Baath is truly a Baathist or should be punished for it.