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March 12, 2003       Share:    

Source: http://www.washingtontimes.com/national/20030312-32976.htm

Saddam Ready to Kill Iraqis

(Washington Times) A U.S. military official said that at least two Republican Guard divisions are believed to be armed at this moment with chemical artillery shells. Gen. Ali Hassan al Majid, or "Chemical Ali," Saddam's cousin, has been placed in charge of military activities in southern Iraq. Considered a war criminal by human rights groups, Majid commanded the 1988 chemical weapons attacks on the Kurds, oversaw the brutal occupation of Kuwait in 1990 and 1991, and commanded the Republican Guard divisions that brutally put down a rebellion by Shiites in southern Iraq.

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