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| Chemical Ali busted, in US custody: CNN | |
| 2003-08-21 | |
| BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Ali Hassan al-Majid, a feared cousin of Saddam Hussein nicknamed "Chemical Ali" for his use of poison gas in attacks, has been captured by U.S. forces in Iraq, CNN said on Thursday. CNN said it had no further details of where Majid had been detained. He was number five on a U.S. list of the 55 most wanted Iraqis and the "king of spades" in a U.S. army deck of cards depicting fugitive members of Saddam’s government. Puh-lease, file extradition to Kurdistan immediately. Or let him "escape" in Kurdish controlled territory.
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| Posted by:Mark IV |
| #14 Scott Ott at Scrappleface notes that he should be called Conventional Ali, since everyone knows Saddam didn't have any WMD's (/sarcasm off) |
| Posted by: Frank G 2003-8-21 3:54:58 PM |
| #13 Correctomundo Lu Baihu .... Ali headed regulars and Baathist Militia types in the South during the war. But he also may have taken command after Qusai went for the eternal dirt bath...but that's just pure guessin' on my part. It does appear they caught hiim shopping for 'splosives. The two militias never really seemed to coordinate amongst themselves, though. The Fedayin fought and the Baathists ran. |
| Posted by: Rex Mundi 2003-8-21 2:43:14 PM |
| #12 FM BBC 'Dilshad Miran, of the Kurdistan Democratic Party, said Iraq's Governing Council - of which the KDP is a part - is currently setting up a court to try figures from the fallen regime. "We do not have a date set," he said, adding that he hoped the system would be up and running within the year. "We feel happy that people like Chemical Ali should be tried in an Iraqi court and by the Iraqi people themselves," he said. ' |
| Posted by: liberalhawk 2003-8-21 1:37:46 PM |
| #11 Rex Mundi? That wasn't Chemical Ali, that was Qusai Hussein! |
| Posted by: Lu Baihu 2003-8-21 1:20:50 PM |
| #10 Indeed good news and deserving of a cold one. As head of the Fedayin Saddam, this will really put a wrench in their ops. |
| Posted by: Rex Mundi 2003-8-21 1:02:42 PM |
| #9 Is it just me or are the Kurds doing the lions share of rolling up ol' saddams gang? Didnt we kill this guy on D-day+3? Gosh, Can we expect to see a Nuremburg style trial any time soon? |
| Posted by: Frank Martin 2003-8-21 1:01:09 PM |
| #8 Yesss,beer and brauts all around I can hear Stevee boy crying now.steveerosa aka stevey"pilsbury boy"robinson.May not be the same but sure sounds like our boy stevey. They all thought Big Jake(aka John Wayne)was dead too. |
| Posted by: raptor 2003-8-21 9:53:31 AM |
| #7 Does anyone rember the Kurt Russel charecter Snake Pliskin from Escape from NY. Everyone thought he was dead also. |
| Posted by: Steve D 2003-8-21 9:37:41 AM |
| #6 Centcom just confirmed! |
| Posted by: Kathy K 2003-8-21 9:23:39 AM |
| #5 I'm awaiting official confirmation before starting the ululating. |
| Posted by: Kathy K 2003-8-21 9:14:40 AM |
| #4 Holy Hazmat, Batman! This is good news. Need to verify, though. This guy is like John Barleycorn. They tried to kill him, but he keeps coming up. |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2003-8-21 9:11:16 AM |
| #3 Really!?! Are they really sure they have caught this scum bag? After all, we have heard reports (several times) that Chemical Ali was killed in numerous attacks. |
| Posted by: Douglas De Bono 2003-8-21 8:39:57 AM |
| #2 First time captured, but he has been "killed" more times than I can count. |
| Posted by: Steve 2003-8-21 8:31:34 AM |
| #1 Damn, how many times has this guy been captured? |
| Posted by: Shipman 2003-8-21 7:51:21 AM |