Friday, August 22
Possible fate of "Chemical Ali"
US troops have captured Ali Hassan Majeed, one of Saddam Husseins most trusted and brutal aides. He earned international infamy and the nickname "Chemical Ali" for brutal gas attacks on Kurdish villages in northern Iraq. There's a lot of debate about what to do with the captured members of Saddam's regime, but the Iraqis seem pretty clear on what they want:
Laith Zuheir, a 25-year-old worker, said he wanted a public trial of Majeed, then his execution.
"I wish I could torture him with my own hands, shoot him with a pistol, beginning in his leg until I reached his head, so that he could feel the pain of every innocent person he killed," he said. "Then he would see how they suffered."