US troops walk during a reopening of the Mutanabi Street in Baghdad, Iraq, Thursday, Dec. 18, 2008. The Mutanabi Street, also known as Baghdad's Book Market, was largely destroyed in several large bombings in the past years. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)Up To 25 Iraqis Accused In Saddam Party Plot
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BAGHDAD – More than 20 employees of Iraq's Ministry of the Interior have been arrested on allegations that they were plotting to revive Saddam Hussein's outlawed Baath party, government officials said Thursday.
Interior Ministry spokesman Maj. Gen. Abdul-Karim Khalaf told reporters that 23 people had been arrested over the past five days in a Baath Party plot but he dismissed suggestions they were planning a coup.
Another security official put the figure at 25 and said a brigadier general in the traffic police was the highest-ranking figure. Most are low-level ministry employees, he said.
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