A group of Iraqi Ba`thist has officially announced their split from Saddam's party. This has been brewing for 2 years now. I heard about it 2 years ago in Beirut. But is this not too late? Did this group not notice Saddam's crimes earlier? And Iraqi Ba`thist are coming out of the shadows as of late. They seem to assume that US withdrawal is around the horizon. One Iraqi resistance leader from the Ba`th spoke to AlJazeera and admitted that they are now talking to the media. He was willing to provide the US with "a face saving" exit. In a few years, Iraqi Ba`thists and Taliban Afghans may very well be back in power.