Former members of Saddam Hussein's ruling Baath party face an uncertain future, with the new masters in Baghdad calling for the slate to be wiped clean, while in many places they are being killed in a settling of old scores. Iraqi officials acknowledge that any reconciliation would be difficult in the current emotionally-charged atmopshere. For most Shiites and Kurds, the Baath party, headed by Sunni Muslims close to Saddam, is synonymous with three decades of crime, tyranny and persecution. Former Baathists have been shot dead in several cities since the ousting of Saddam Hussein in April, and especially since his arrest by US forces on April 13, although there has been no mass witch-hunt.

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