Saddam to Swing

[classicman]

Wow . . . just reread the last 5 or so pages. What a trip down memory lane . . . Ahhh the good ole days.
Anyway - Seemed relevant to post this here.

Chemical Ali is executed

With a hood on his head and a noose round his neck, these were the final moments in the life of Chemical Ali, Saddam Hussein's brutal cousin.

The 65-year-old henchman - full name Ali Hassan al-Majeed - was hanged in Iraq yesterday for genocide and crimes against humanity.
He was sentenced for the gas attack that killed 5,000 Kurds in the town of Halabja in 1988, the atrocities that led to his nickname.
On his orders, Iraqi jets had swooped over Halabja and for five hours sprayed it with a lethal cocktail including mustard gas.
He also faced the death penalty for three other cases involving crimes against his fellow countrymen and genocide.
He could have been hanged earlier but it was seen as important that he was convicted of the Halabja attack, one of the worst of Saddam's regime.

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