[lbo-talk] 'Chemical Ali': Is He Dead, or Still Alive? (NY Times)

Jim Farmelant farmelantj at juno.com
Fri Jun 6 06:06:41 PDT 2003


This war becomes more and more curious. First, the missing WMDs and now this. During the midst of the war, the Pentagon and the Bush Administration made a very big deal about the death of 'Chemical Ali', in an air raid. Now Rumsfeld admits that he may still be alive and at large. Now where's Baghdad Bob when we need him?

Jim F.

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'Chemical Ali': Is He Dead, or Still Alive?

June 6, 2003 By THE NEW YORK TIMES

WASHINGTON, June 5 - The Iraqi military commander known as "Chemical Ali" for his role in using chemical weapons against the Kurdish minority may still be alive, Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld said today.

American officials had previously speculated that the Iraqi commander, Ali Hassan al-Majid, had been killed in a bombing raid in Basra in April.

A cousin of Saddam Hussein, Mr. Majid has been accused of war crimes for unleashing mustard gas against civilians in 1988.

Mr. Rumsfeld said today that he did not know the status of Chemical Ali, whom American troops had been tracking prior to the bombing.

"They attacked locations where they believed him to be," Mr. Rumsfeld said.

"There was some speculation afterwards that they thought that he had been killed. Now there's some speculation that he may be alive. But I just don't know."

http://www.nytimes.com/2003/06/06/international/worldspecial/06CHEL.html? ex=1055903913&ei=1&en=597cc62f83d61f62

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