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âComical Aliâ named in 1985 murder of defected Iraqi agent
Swedish police said on Friday they had received information that Iraqâs former information minister Mohammed Said as-Sahhaf, dubbed âComical Aliâ, was implicated in the unresolved 1985 murder of a defected Iraqi agent in Stockholm.
Sahhaf became ambassador to Sweden just after the brutal killing of Majid Husain, who had sought asylum in the Scandinavian country and planned to tell all about Saddam Husseinâs security apparatus and agents in Europe, according to Swedish daily Svenska Dagbladet. âWe received a tip-off on Monday that we should question him,â Stockholm police chief investigator Bo Isaksson told AFP. âWe are going to look into the matter, but do not consider this to be a matter of any urgency,â he said.
| "I mean, the poor guy's been dead for 18 years, what's the rush?" |
Husain disappeared in January 1985 and his body was found chopped in 54 pieces and stuffed in two suitcases left in a churchyard outside Stockholm two months later.
| 54 pieces? That's a pretty thorough hit... |
According to Svenska Dagbladet, Swedish police have long suspected two men and a woman of carrying out the murder for the Iraqi regime. The paper identified the woman as Jamila Mustafa El-Chafej. Police were however never able to make any progress in the case as long as Saddam Hussein remained in power, the paper said.
Posted by: Fred Pruitt 2003-07-26 |
