Chemical Imbalance
By Thomas JeffreyArticle Posted: Tuesday April 22, 2008
Ali Hassan al-Majid, a first cousin of Iraq’s former head honcho Saddam Hussein and better known around the world by the moniker “Chemical Ali”, has suffered a heart attack while in U.S. custody according to officials.
Ali Hassan became infamous for his use of mustard, sarin, VX, and tubun chemical gas agents in 1998 against Kurdish civilians in Northern Iraq. He was later convicted of that and other crimes by an Iraqi court after his capture in 2006 by the U.S. military and was sentenced to hang by the neck until dead. Mr. Ali continues to appeal his conviction.
Ali Hassan, who apparently unhappy with the fact that he needed to share a bathroom with 3 other inmates, joined a hunger strike against such indignities just last Friday. It is unknown what affect Mr. Ali’s self-imposed starvation stunt played in his subsequent myocardial infarction.
Sources:
‘Chemical Ali’ is hospitalized in Iraq after hunger strike —Associated Press via Google News
Hussein Henchman Has Heart Attack — New York Times
Ali Hassan al-Majid — Wikipedia.org
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Podcast #117
By Thomas JeffreyArticle Posted: Tuesday April 15, 2008
Leftwing Nutjob Podcast, Episode 117, for Sunday, April 13, 2008
Penn hits the bricks, Iran in the spotlight again, the Obama money machine, al Qaeda’s rising star and more!