Baghdad Cabinet Includes A Communist.

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From www.backtoiraq.com ... The Iraqi Communist Party, represented in the new government by Minister of Culture Mufeed Mohammed Jawad al-Jaza’iri, was in a partying mood. At 5 p.m., about 50 revelers tied on red headbands and marched into the parking lot in front of their headquarters on Inner Karradah Street. While watchful gunmen watched the traffic stream by — with a few honks in solidarity — they waved red flags and hoisted a banner that read, “The Communist Party congratulates our people for ending occupation and restoring sovereignty.” A three-man band banged out peppy martial tunes while the group chanted and danced in the heat. Women tossed sweets and candies to the cars passing by...