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Iraq |
'Chemical Ali threw my sons from chopper': trial witness |
2007-08-24 |
A witness on Thursday accused “Chemical Ali”, Saddam Hussein’s most notorious hatchet man, of killing her sons by throwing them out of a helicopter during the crushing of an Iraqi Shiite rebellion. The mother, giving testimony in the trial of 15 Saddam aides accused of crimes against humanity over the brutal repression of the 1991 rebellion in southern Iraq, vented her fury against Ali Hassan al-Majid, widely known as “Chemical Ali.” Speaking from behind a curtain to protect her identity, the woman accused Saddam’s army of arresting her family members and later said Majid himself had killed her two sons. “The army detained my two sons, my brother and my niece on March 3, 1991,” she told the court on the third day of the trial. “Nine days later, my brother and niece were released and they told me that Ali Hasan al-Majid had executed my two sons by throwing them out of a helicopter into the Gulf.” |
Posted by:Fred |
#10 never sliced a brick of cheese with wire/cheese cutter? |
Posted by: Frank G 2007-08-24 22:35 |
#9 Oh, nevermind. Where can I order replacement wires? |
Posted by: gorb 2007-08-24 22:27 |
#8 OK, I'm game. :-) What is the 'brick of cheese' demonstration? |
Posted by: gorb 2007-08-24 22:26 |
#7 piano wire - explain it to the prisoner with a brick of cheese demonstration... |
Posted by: Frank G 2007-08-24 22:11 |
#6 USN - not rope, piano wire. Hussein and his ilk were famous for using it. Let them die by the same. |
Posted by: Old Patriot 2007-08-24 21:49 |
#5 gorb: rope optional. |
Posted by: USN, Ret. 2007-08-24 17:43 |
#4 Yeah, from the rail of a chopper. |
Posted by: gorb 2007-08-24 07:00 |
#3 neck tie partè for shure... |
Posted by: Red Dawg 2007-08-24 06:10 |
#2 “Nine days later, my brother and niece were released and they told me that Ali Hasan al-Majid had executed my two sons by throwing them out of a helicopter into the Gulf.” This gives me an idea . . . . |
Posted by: gorb 2007-08-24 04:29 |
#1 Buh bye! |
Posted by: Zenster 2007-08-24 03:56 |