MEMRI has an appalling report on the totalitarian Marxist/Islamist Ba’ath Party, which has found a new life thanks to our purported ally France: Anti-American Ba’th Activities in Paris.

With the defeat of the Saddam Hussein regime on April 9, 2003, the Ba’th ruling party was outlawed and a committee for the de-Ba’thification of Iraq was established. [1] However, the Ba’th’s propaganda machine appears to have found a new abode in Paris, France, whence threats to the U.S. are issued regularly in three languages - English, French, and Spanish. Not surprisingly, the Ba’thist propagandists use the word “resistance” (in French, “la resistance”) to underscore the association with the struggle against the Nazi occupation of France during WWII.

The resurrection of the Ba’th Party on French soil was further strengthened by France’s proposal that representatives of “la resistance” should participate in any future conference that will be convened to discuss the future of Iraq. This position was clearly stated by Michel Barnier, the French Foreign Minister, in an interview with the French TV station “ France Inter.” In the interview, Mr. Barnier called for a political process in Iraq that would include “a number of groups and people who have today opted for the path of resistance through the use of weapons.”

And they’re using Yahoo’s services to spread their propaganda:

The Council’s material is published by the Comités Irak de Base under the editorial direction of Luc Michel, whose address is listed in 128/01 rue de Montingy-B/6000 Charleroi. E-Mail: Iraqcommittees@yahoo.com. In other newsletters, Luc Michel is listed at 39 Maagdenstraat — B/1000 Brussels (Belgium).

In a later publication, the site of the Iraq Committees is listed as: http://comitesirak.free.fr (fr. stands for France). In one of the documents the following information is provided:

For transnational coordination of the Iraqi Committees (Brussels)

Tel: International 32 2 218 73 09

Fax: International 32 2 218 73 59

Francophone Coordination (Paris)

Tel/Fax: 01 43 83 75 32 International 33 1 43 83 75 32 (France)

A newsletter identifies Luc Michel as “a Belgian publisher, well-known for the defense of the Arab cause, and editor of the newsletter ‘Al-Ba’th Al-Iraqi.’”

A legal team under Me. (mademoiselle or Miss) Dominique Jourdain, “was also identified at djavo@club-intenet.fr” (a French Email address). Free subscription to the newsletter “Al-Ba’th Al-Iraqi” (Iraqi Resurrection) is offered at commiteirak@yahoo.fr.

Some newsletters carry the following: “NOTICE: In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. Section 107, this material distributed without profit to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information for research and educational purposes.”

Given that most of the publications are issued through Yahoo France, one might suspect that most of the production is done in that country. There is no information as to who finances this production but it is worth mentioning that the group which calls itself Amitiés Francaise-Irakiennes may be the same Iraqi-French Friendship group which is listed as a beneficiary of Saddam’s oil vouchers in the amount of 15.1 million barrels.