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Offline TheSarge

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Iraqi Presidency Endorses Execution of 'Chemical Ali'
« on: February 29, 2008, 07:07:57 AM »
BAGHDAD — Iraq's presidency endorsed the execution within 30 days of Saddam Hussein's cousin, known as "Chemical Ali," who was sentenced to death for his role in the 1980s scorched-earth campaign against Kurds, officials said Friday.

The approval by Iraq's President Jalal Talabani and two vice presidents was the final step clearing the way for Ali Hassan al-Majid's execution by hanging. It could now be carried out at any time, a government adviser and a prosecutor said.

Al-Majid was one of three former Saddam officials sentenced to death in June after being convicted by an Iraqi court of genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity for their part in the Operation Anfal crackdown that killed nearly 200,000 Kurdish civilians and guerrillas.

The officials said the three-member presidential council agreed to al-Majid's execution, but did not approve the death sentences against the other two — Hussein Rashid Mohammed, an ex-deputy director of operations for the Iraqi armed forces, and former defense minister Sultan Hashim al-Taie.

The men's fate had been in legal limbo since this summer and the decision could represent a compromise to ease Sunni objections to executing al-Taie, widely viewed as a respected career soldier who was forced to follow Saddam's orders in the purges against Kurds.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,333782,00.html
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Re: Iraqi Presidency Endorses Execution of 'Chemical Ali'
« Reply #1 on: February 29, 2008, 07:25:26 AM »
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Al-Majid was one of three former Saddam officials sentenced to death in June after being convicted by an Iraqi court of genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity for their part in the Operation Anfal crackdown that killed nearly 200,000 Kurdish civilians and guerrillas.

200,000 people... and these men would still be in charge were it not for the United States.  The anti-war left doesn't care about oppressed peoples, they just want them to die in silence.   :mental: :whatever:
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Re: Iraqi Presidency Endorses Execution of 'Chemical Ali'
« Reply #2 on: February 29, 2008, 09:06:54 AM »
well, maybe the US wont be blamed for this one since its coming from Iraq's president...
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Re: Iraqi Presidency Endorses Execution of 'Chemical Ali'
« Reply #3 on: February 29, 2008, 10:02:42 AM »
Time to send him to Saddam.
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Re: Iraqi Presidency Endorses Execution of 'Chemical Ali'
« Reply #4 on: March 02, 2008, 04:17:53 PM »
Methinks his neck-stretching will occur within a week.  Just a hunch.
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Re: Iraqi Presidency Endorses Execution of 'Chemical Ali'
« Reply #5 on: March 02, 2008, 06:38:30 PM »
Quote from: Lauri on February 29, 2008, 09:06:54 AM
well, maybe the US wont be blamed for this one since its coming from Iraq's president...

The liberals will just call the Iraqi president a puppet of the US. :whatever:
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