Iraqi lawmakers have passed legislation that could potentially allow some former members of Saddam Hussein’s Baath Party to return to work in government jobs. But some officials say the law could actually exclude more former Baathists than it lets back in. It could also bar any Sunni tied to the Baath Party from obtaining a high-level political position. In 2003 the U.S.-backed Coalition Provisional Authority removed all Baathists from the Iraqi government in a move that helped fuel the Sunni insurgency.