| Soon to take Sammy's place in a noose. |
Ali Hassan Al Majid, who faces the gallows if found guilty of slaughtering 182,000 Kurdish villagers in the 1980s, spoke from the dock with subdued calm -- in stark contrast to angry tirades delivered by Saddam prior to his death. “I’m responsible for the displacement and I took this decision alone without going back to the high military command or Baath party commander. I say that before your court and before God,” Majid said.
But the former head of Iraq’s northern command, who owes his chilling nickname to accusations that he gassed thousands of Kurdish civilians, denied he was responsible for executing 300 Kurdish fighters. Instead he said that he had written a note to Saddam -- “Martyr, mercy on his soul” -- who pardoned them.
| Yeah, sure. |