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Published Date: 03 December 2008
By Waleed Ibrahim
AN IRAQI court has sentenced to death Saddam Hussein's cousin "Chemical Ali" for the killing of thousands of Shiites in a ruthless crackdown after the 1991 Gulf war.
Yesterday saw the second death sentence handed down against Ali Hassan al-Majeed, who earned the nickname for his role in ordering poison gas against Kurdish villagers.

Majeed stood quietly in the courthouse showing no emotion as the verdict w
as read.

Last year, he was also condemned to be hanged for the killing of tens of thousands of Kurds in the 1980s. However, that sentence was held up by political wrangling.

The judge, Mohammad al-Uraibi, did not say when this execution would be carried out. Majeed can appeal.

A former top Baath party official, Abdul Ghani Abdul Ghafour, was also sentenced to hang for his involvement in the crackdown on Shiites, and ten others face sentences ranging from 15 years to life in prison. "The court has decided to execute by hanging the convicted Ali Hassan Majeed for committing … wilful killings and crimes against humanity," the judge said.

Saddam Hussein's Sunni Arab-led government quelled a Shiite uprising in 1991. Investigators discovered dozens of mass graves with thousands of bodies after US forces ousted him in 2003.

As the verdict was read out Abdul Ghafour, a former Baath Party official shouted : "Down with the US occupation! Down with the collaborators! Victory for jihad!"

However in the mainly Shiite south the verdict was welcomed.

"He deserves 20 executions because he conducted many crimes and massacres," said teacher Safah Kadham.

Saddam was executed in December 2006 after being convicted of crimes against humanity.

His half-brother Barzan Ibrahim al-Tikriti was executed two weeks later in a botched hanging that ripped off his head. Two other members of the former government have also been executed.





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  • Last Updated: 02 December 2008 11:06 PM
  • Source: The Scotsman
  • Location: Edinburgh
  • Related Topics: Iraq
 
1

Rob Bennett,

Point Piper Australia 03/12/2008 01:19:00
George Bush deserves the same fate as this criminal. How many civilians do you have to kill to qualify as a war criminal?
2

Guga II,

Rockall 03/12/2008 03:16:36
#1.

Not only Bush, but his cabinet, along with Bliar and Broon and their respective cabinets.
3

POSTMARK,-55,

China, 03/12/2008 04:22:35
As if sentencing someone to death twice will do anything, is he gonna miraculously come back to life to have it done all over again?
4

Mashimaro,

China 03/12/2008 05:04:38
#3 a double death sentence is given, posters, because if he gets out of one the other will still stand.
But yeah, when are we going to see any American war criminals stand trial eh?
5

Jim A,

03/12/2008 07:52:56
Hmmmm, bit of an anti American crowd in this evening, c'mon guys, were's the LOVE? :-)
6

carrottop,

Dumfries 03/12/2008 08:20:37

Where do some of these posters crawl out from, when I was working in the city of London some years ago the place used to swarm with Iraqi refugees approaching you in the street with photographic evidence of the brutality of Saddam's regime and begging not for money but for the west to help them. There is no doubt they now have an accountable government and if people were to concentrate on the positives rather than the negatives then Iraq as a country might move on to the position where foreign troops can withdraw.

The anti apartheid protesters of the seventies and eighties have shown just how shallow the fight the system merchants are by being noticeably absent when things they helped put in place have turned into disaster, bet the anti American creeps who have nothing to say (no ideas, no encouragement just pure anti American bile) will crawl out from under their stones and look to take credit for their actions should things eventually go right. Should Iraq prosper the credit will go to the troops who have put their lives on the line (as opposed to their mouths) and the decent Iraqis who want so much to have a stable country.
7

Dragonhead,

Dalian,China 03/12/2008 09:43:06
#6 Carrottop,Dumfries. Nicely put mate!Suppose the anti-brigades have lots to say on the subject.That is all they are good for.Chemical Ali is deserving of execution many times over.The anti-squad above would probably be happy granting him a pardon and asylum to see his last years out in peace.Poor old man, only obeying orders.
The tiresome comments about Bush etc show you are bankrupt on ideas.Notice there is an absolute silence from the lefty hanky wringers over one of their greatest triumphs, Zimababwe, which is also being ignored,as Iraq was.
8

Curious Yellow,

Edinburgh 03/12/2008 10:15:22
Concurrent or consecutive? Come on Scotsman - make this clear!
9

Leftie,

UK 03/12/2008 11:17:05
#7 Dragonhead
"The tiresome comments about Bush etc show you are bankrupt on ideas"
Bankrupt of ideas??????? What????????
I believe they're talking about JUSTICE you right royal nutter. Why are you distorting the facts sunshine? We all would like to see JUSTICE served except for you. I guess that's a little too much for your feeble mind to comprehend.
10

Mashimaro,

China 03/12/2008 13:22:38
#6 Iraq used to be a stable country until the US came along and caused mayhem.
11

POSTMARK,-55,

China, 03/12/2008 13:40:06
http://www.projectcensored.org/top-stories/articles/1-over-one-million-iraqi-deaths-caused-by-us-occupation/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casualties_of_the_conflict_in_Iraq_since_2003

Here are a million+ reasons to stretch Bush's neck. Would you like to argue that Dragonhead and carrottop?
While you're at it Dragonhead the West has accused China of many atrocities as bad or worse than what they accused Saddam of, would you like for the Americans and British to also illegally invade and occupy China? Don't waver now and don't be a hypocrite, what will it be?
The US and the UK have no business whatsoever to be in Iraq just like they have no business whatsoever to ever come here.
If you back American and UK policy then you better back it all the way or keep your mouth shut.
The only reason they haven't invaded and occupied China is because they know that their losses would be too heavy and they are cowards who pick on defenceless countries only. Go ahead and consult your (well educated) wife before you answer my questions, maybe she will finally set you straight.
12

POSTMARK,-55,

China, 03/12/2008 14:06:03
And a few more things Dragonhead. Why do you think we were awarded the 2008 Olympics in Beijing? Remember that we have been accused of so many atrocities, but you and I both know that they are only accusations, no proof. The West needs China for trade, for our money, for our inexpensive goods and for a host of reasons and those are more reasons why we haven't been invaded. Iraq has oil but other than sand nothing else. China has everything and they like to exploit China for its cheap labour, another reason not to 'rock the Chinese boat'. China has also caught up to Western technology and now builds the world's best aircraft, again not a reason to upset us. You better watch who you back and you better be consistent in who you back, otherwise you will be made out to be the hypocrite, and your (well educated) wife will surely point that out to you. So before you open your big mouth again and keep backing the US and UK, you'd be well advised to give it some thought.
13

Finnking,

Lempäälä 03/12/2008 15:12:28
Carrottop

I have no idea what year you were in London when you witnessed such activity, however, these people wanted justice, i'm sure you agree.

a)It is so obviously UNJUST that the US/'uk' slaughtered many more Iraqis than Saddam & Co did.(Check this out if you don't believe me).Including rocketing an Iranian civilian plane; 250 dead, 60+ were kids.

b)The US/'uk' supported Saddam (actually installed him) through his and Chemical Ali's most dreadful killings.

c) The US/'uk' via the UN imposed sanctions in full knowledge that these were slaughtering the least powerful in Iraq. 500 000 kids died becuase of them,

d) During the sanction period the US/'uk' (and the Turks) conducted 750 bombing raids on Iraq.

e) If you were in London pre-sanctions, these people were complaining about US/'uk' support for the Baathist murderous regime. If you met them during the sanctions, they were trying to show the horror of the sanctions.

f) At teh least, you will agree that these people were seeking justice. Justice is the key to the problems in the area. It seems to many in the word, myself (atheist/anarchist) included and those above, that if the west wants to demonstrate real justice, the same moralities must be applied across the board. The US/'uk' governments are guilty of far greater murderous rampages than the ones described in teh article while the US/'uk' SUPPORTED Saddam during the brutalities described.

Justice, western style, seems hypocritical to those who seek real justice around the globe.

I hope you now see why there are calls for US/'uk' to end up at the ICC.
14

Bele's bane,

Scotland 03/12/2008 15:22:36
Post #36 Carrottop, Dumfries

People seeking entry into Britain as refugees will produce all kinds of "evidence" to substanciate their claim.

On the other hand we have seen via courtsey of the accredited world media the evidence of American actrocities such as the Abhu Ghaib American torture centre. The murder of a 14 year old Irqai girl together with 24 members of her family to eliminate witnesses to her rape by American Marines. We have seen the slaughter of the 17 Iraqi civilians in Baghdad by American mercenaries, there are simply too many instances for me to individually list them here.

According to the new England Medical Journal(an American publication) the estimates are that 100, 000 Iraqi civilians were killed in the invasion and occupation of Iraq as American military co-lateral damage.
15

Finlang,

France 03/12/2008 18:40:21
#3 POSTMARK
"...is he gonna miraculously come back to life to have it done all over again?"

It's possible. He has a son, a medic who worked (maybe still does) in an Irish hospital. Dubbed by the media, Clinical Ali, he could have magical powers.
16

POSTMARK,-55,

China, 03/12/2008 22:24:15
#15 Finlang,
Sounds more like Sarah Palin's doctor, or is that witch doctor? ! ! !:)))))))
17

POSTMARK,-55,

China, 04/12/2008 01:09:15
Dragonhead,
Take a look at what your American Heroes are spending on that illegal invasion and occupation of Iraq, as well as the senseless war in Afghanistan. You claim that you've been to the States so you surely must have seen the large scale poverty within many of the American cities, I know I've seen lots of that. It's your call buddy, would you rather see a couple of trillion dollars spent on an illegal war or see it spent on helping the impoverished and in fact many of the US citizens? Feel free to consult your (well educated) wife on this subject, a second opinion never hurts does it?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Financial_cost_of_the_Iraq_War

There are plenty more links on this if you need more opinions.
18

oder,

Scotland 04/12/2008 11:27:12
10 Mashimaro,China 03/12/2008 13:22:38

for a reporter your very selective on your criticism
have you every heard of the Kurds? the marsh Arabs? 60,000 peaceful marsh Arab were killed by Saddam! not to mention the thousands of Kurds over the years! the villages were he used chemical weapons as test subjects? and 100,000s terrorised by his regime while he was in office! Iraqi history and Arabs generally while not squabbling with the west normally squabble with each other! reporters are supposed to be impartial!

your post at 10 confirms this and your post at 4

"But yeah, when are we going to see any American war criminals stand trial eh?"

guilty of being "criminal" before they are convicted in court?

is that how it works where you come from? you of all people should know better.
19

P. Lee,

04/12/2008 14:24:15
#6 Dragonhead
You very strange man, pro China and pro America, very strange man you are. Will you back China when American declares it independant country one day and goes to war?
20

Dragonhead,

Dalian,China 13/12/2008 03:22:42
#19 P.Lee, Obviously Chinese from (very good)your English!You use the word "Pro" China and "Pro" America.In the context of these threads that might seem to be the case.Look at it a different way.Do I stand up for China, when someone on the thread is telling "porkies" about it?Darned right I do.The same goes for the Americans.All those who bleat above about all the deaths America has caused in Iraq and the "pointless war" in Afghanistan, show their complete ignorance and lack of being able to look beyond the "headlines".Many have never (it would seem)even left their own countries and lived cheek and jowl with any but their own kind!The western world over the past few decades has been ruined by so called 'intellects' and 'experts',many of whom have SFA first hand experience on the topics they are purported to be experts on.
A quick look at the UK over the past 50 years,say since the abolition of National Services,says it all. The country has been socially engineered into a third world country.A country run by corrupt, greedy and incompetent politicians,who lie,misrepresent, and manipulate everthing to their benefit. In China, the government may be corrupt,but at least the people are prospering also.In the UK it seems Police, lawyers, Politicians,Media and criminals are the only ones who prosper at present.
As for your "China being declared an Independent country". What do you mean, Taiwan or China? China is already an independent nation, and Taiwan is an integral part of that country.

 

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