Dear All
Ali Hassan al-Majid formerly known as "Chemical Ali" has been hanged by the Iraqi Government.
Majid, part of Saddam Hussein's regime had earlier been sentenced to death four times for genocide and crimes against humanity.
So, one way or another, he was getting his neck stretched.
Chemical Ali got his name because of the chemical attacks he used against civilians.
The gas attack on the Kurdish town of Halabja in 1988 was said to have caused 5,000 deaths, men, women and children.
Iraqi jets were used to deliver chemical weapons over Halabja spraying it with a lethal cocktail of mustard gas and the nerve agents Tabun, Sarin and VX.
In the end Chemical Ali showed no remorse for his crimes as he was lead to the gallows which the Iraqi Government was keen to stress it was more dignified that Saddam execution.
He insisted that he was acting in the interests of Iraqi security.
Warped values indeed to justify the murder of women and children!
The news of his death had a mixed reaction from the Iraqi people, in Tikrit, his home town, a resident said;
"I give my condolences to the Iraqi people on the death of Ali Hassan al-Majid, who was killed by traitors and hooligans."
I suspect someone who is socially unaware.
On the other side of the debate a resident of Halabja said;
''We, the families of those killed in the attack on Halabja, are very pleased to hear that Ali Hassan al-Majid was executed”.
Given the amount of people that he killed as a homicidal manic; the world is a little better off without him.
You could make a strong case that in the end justice finally caught up with him.
Yours sincerely
George Laird
The Campaign for Human Rights at Glasgow University
Ali Hassan al-Majid formerly known as "Chemical Ali" has been hanged by the Iraqi Government.
Majid, part of Saddam Hussein's regime had earlier been sentenced to death four times for genocide and crimes against humanity.
So, one way or another, he was getting his neck stretched.
Chemical Ali got his name because of the chemical attacks he used against civilians.
The gas attack on the Kurdish town of Halabja in 1988 was said to have caused 5,000 deaths, men, women and children.
Iraqi jets were used to deliver chemical weapons over Halabja spraying it with a lethal cocktail of mustard gas and the nerve agents Tabun, Sarin and VX.
In the end Chemical Ali showed no remorse for his crimes as he was lead to the gallows which the Iraqi Government was keen to stress it was more dignified that Saddam execution.
He insisted that he was acting in the interests of Iraqi security.
Warped values indeed to justify the murder of women and children!
The news of his death had a mixed reaction from the Iraqi people, in Tikrit, his home town, a resident said;
"I give my condolences to the Iraqi people on the death of Ali Hassan al-Majid, who was killed by traitors and hooligans."
I suspect someone who is socially unaware.
On the other side of the debate a resident of Halabja said;
''We, the families of those killed in the attack on Halabja, are very pleased to hear that Ali Hassan al-Majid was executed”.
Given the amount of people that he killed as a homicidal manic; the world is a little better off without him.
You could make a strong case that in the end justice finally caught up with him.
Yours sincerely
George Laird
The Campaign for Human Rights at Glasgow University
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