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2003-03-10 Iraq

VOI: Iraq stations its 41st, 624th brigades along Iran borders

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Posted by Steve 2003-03-10 10:15 am|| || Front Page|| [2 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 btw, General Ali hassan al-Majid was the general that Saddam Hussein put incharge of his "anfal" campaign in the Northwestern city of Halabja.

if you're unfamiliar with those names, it's the campaign and the city in which Saddam Gassed the kurds. which is how the General got the nickname "chemical Ali". When the reports claim that he is aggressive, they are putting it very lightly. Oddly, "anfal" translates into "the spoils".

DS
"the horns hold up the halo"

Posted by DeviantSaint 2003-03-10 10:41:05|| [www.livejournal.com/~deviantsaint] 2003-03-10 10:41:05|| Front Page Top

#2 DS, that's an interesting comment on General al-Majid. So he's one of those guys who has absolutely no choice but to fight for Saddam -- there's nowhere else for him to turn.

I suppose the odds are that the General will die pretty quickly -- one way or another -- once the shooting starts. That's a bit of a shame. It would be rough justice to give him to the Kurds, but justice none the less.

Posted by Patrick Phillips 2003-03-10 11:21:44|| 2003-03-10 11:21:44|| Front Page Top

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