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'Chemical Ali' sentenced to death in Iraq

source: http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D94QNJEG1&show_article=1

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Bad news for Saddam Hussein’s cousin, Ali Hassan al-Majid—aka, “Chemical Ali”: He’s just received another death sentence. Al-Majid avoided his first death sentence, for murdering tens of thousands in the Kurds with chemical weapons in the 1980s, with legal wrangling. The crime this time is his brutal suppression of a Shiite uprising after the first Gulf War. After that war, a Shiite and Kurdish uprising captured 14 of the country’s 18 provinces, but tens of thousands of people died as the Baath Party took them back over. Another defendant was sentenced to death in the trial, while four were given life sentences, six were sentenced to 15 years in prison, and three were acquitted.
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  • PaulT2008
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    • President George Bush was humiliated during his last surprise visit to Iraq. Iraqi journalist who felt almost disgusted at the U.S. President’s treatment of his country had decisively taken off his shoes and hurled them at President Bush. In Muslim culture, hit footwear fling is an insult of the highest magnitude. Good Muslims remove their shoes before taking sanctuary in a mosque. Besieged Iraqi citizens threw their shoes at the toppling statue of Saddam Hussein during liberation, so that should better explain the depth of this insult. The “Bush Shoe-Thrower”, identified as Muntadhar al-Zeidi, is viewed as a hero across the Middle East. A Libyan charity group called Wa Attassimou proclaims that the Iraqi authorities should release al-Zeidi and he should be honored for his deed. Bush, on the other hand, laughed it off and referred to it as a “sign of a free society,” similar to what payday loans are. The infamous footwear is being held for evidence while al-Zeid is being held under custody. Click to read more on Payday Loans.

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