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| Syria Under Fire for Hosting Saddam’s Cousin |
| 2003-01-24 |
| By Khaled Yacoub Oweis LONDON (Reuters) - Syria came under criticism on Friday for receiving one of the most trusted aides of Iraqi President Saddam Hussein who is known as "Chemical Ali" for allegedly leading chemical weapon attacks on Iraqi Kurds. What chemical weapons?, Dr. Blix sez they dont got none. A U.S.- backed pressure group and Iraqi opposition parties urged Syrian authorities to arrest Ali Hassan al-Majeed who is visiting Syria. He is Saddam's cousin and a member of Iraq's Revolutionary Command Council. "He is a sadistic killer, not a statesman," said Charles Forrest, Chief Executive Officer of Indict. Oh, how simplesse! Mr. Forrest must be a "cowboy". "We have documents signed by al-Majid (Majeed) ordering mass killing and deportation," Forrest said in a statement. "Any Syrian who shakes hands with Ali Hassan al-Majid will have blood on his own hands." Lies....All Lies... Indict, which is partly financed by the United States government, includes international lawyers, British MP Ann Clwyd and Iraqi opposition figures. It said that Syria, under the 1948 Genocide Convention which it ratified, was obliged to arrest those responsible for acts of genocide. Indict has written to the Syrian ambassador in London urging Syria to arrest Majeed, or at least not to receive him. Now we wouldnt want a little thing like contracts, treaties and LAW to get in the way of arab countries soverign right to kill their people would we? But Majeed met Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in Damascus on Friday and delivered a message from Saddam. Syria joined the coalition whose forces drove Iraqi troops from Kuwait in the 1991 Gulf War. Relations between the two countries have since improved and Damascus opposes any U.S. attack on Iraq. Translation: bribes and threats carry weight in the middle east. Majeed was expected to visit Egypt next, said Hamid al-Bayati, the London representative of the Supreme Council of the Islamic Revolution in Iraq (SCIRI) -- an Iraqi opposition group. SCRIRI is currently attending classes given by the Afghani northern alliance on "how not to get in the way of CIA Covert action teams" "Arab countries have not acted against Iraqi officials because they are careful not to damage relations with Baghdad. We hope they change this policy," Bayati said. Translation: He may not pose a threat to the french, but he scares the crap out of us. We live next door to this monster, you should see what crawls out of the desert from the hell hole these people run. Majeed was commander of elite forces one eyebrowed knuckle dragging thugs, who kill women and children for sport. during the 1980-1988 war with Iran. Indict said he was personally responsible for a 1988 chemical attack on the town of Halabja in the Kurdish area of Iraq and for a genocide campaign against Kurds. He is under criminal investigation in Belgium and Britain, Indict said. Chemical Weapons, which they of course do not have. Latif Rashid, a senior official in another Iraqi opposition group, the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan, said: "The perpetrators of genocide must be prosecuted. Majeed led operations that killed 280,000 Kurds." Reuters headline: Bush has yet to present "proof" of need for war in Iraq. |
| Posted by:Frank Martin |
| #1 Reuters is a HUA |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2003-01-24 21:52:29 |