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Post by DAS (formerly BushAdmirer) on Jan 25, 2010 15:09:06 GMT
Good riddance to a very bad man. Hard to believe but I suppose there are anti-DP advocates out there who will be disappointed by this news..... DAS
Chemical Ali' executed in Iraq
BAGHDAD – Iraq's government spokesman says Saddam Hussein's notorious cousin "Chemical Ali" was executed Monday about a week after being sentenced to death for the poison gas attacks that killed more than 5,000 Kurds in 1988.
News of the hanging came shortly after three suicide car bombs struck downtown Baghdad. It was not immediately clear whether the attacks were linked the execution of Ali Hassan al-Majid.
Government spokesman Ali al-Dabbagh confirmed the execution took place.
Al-Majid — widely known as "Chemical Ali" for the gas attacks — was convicted on Sunday for ordering the poison gas to be dropped on the Kurdish town of Halabja in 1988 as part of a campaign against a Kurdish uprising. It was the fourth death sentence against him for crimes against humanity.
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Post by lonewolf on Jan 25, 2010 19:11:40 GMT
Good riddance to a very bad man. Agreed Hard to believe but I suppose there are anti-DP advocates out there who will be disappointed by this news. I’m disappointed that people still think of death as a penalty. After all, a penalty is something that has to be experienced.
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Post by mouse on Jan 25, 2010 19:55:16 GMT
i wont rejoice in the death of this man....but it was long overdue
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