Finally… There is, occasionally, justice.
BAGHDAD -Fox- [1]A special Iraqi court sentenced Saddam Hussein’s notorious cousin, “Chemical Ali” Hassan al-Majid, to death Tuesday after convicting him of crimes against humanity for his part in crushing the 1991 Shiite uprising in southern Iraq.
Al-Majid already faces death by hanging after being convicted last year for his role in the killing of tens of thousands of Kurds in a crackdown in the late 1980s. But that execution has been delayed by legal wrangling.Former Baath party official Abdul-Ghani Abdul-Ghafur also received a death sentence at the end of the trial, which began in August 2007. He shouted, “Down with the Persian-U.S. occupation!” as the sentence was read.
“Shut up, you dirty Baathist,” snapped chief judge Mohammed Oreibi al-Khalifa, referring to Saddam’s mostly Sunni Baath party.
About time. Not that I mind him waiting for the noose…. The waiting, as Tom Petty remakred… is the hardest part. Let him stew for a while.