Academic Scientific JournalsThe first approach to the de-baathifiacation in Iraq: Jay Garner's Orha
Keywords:
Iraq, de-Baathification, Baath, USA, planningAbstract
The purpose of this analysis is to trace and examine the onset and course of the first U.S. organization, the Office for Reconstruction and Humanitarian Assistance (ORHA), which dealt with the de-Baathification of the Iraqi society. This essay provides an overall assessment of the reasons which led to its establishment, its goals, its strategies and also the conflicts within George W. Bush’s administration which caused the abrupt replacement of ORHA with Lewis Paul Bremer’s Coalition Provisional Authority (CPA). In the conclusions, it will be illustrated how Garner’s plans could have produced more favourable outcome for the Middle Eastern country.
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