"Chemical Ali" to hang

[lionking]

Ali Hassan al-Majid has been found guilty of gassing thousands of Kurds and will soon hang. Good riddence.

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/new...s-saddams-legacy/story-e6frg6zo-1225820978361


According to the Times article:

As the Iraq war comes under new scrutiny and more argue that Saddam should have been left in place, it is worth a thought for those thousands of Kurds killed in the deadliest chemical weapons attack on civilians in history.

QFT

 

[mortimer]

While I won't shed a tear, I am still staunchly against death penalties. I don't trust the American judicial system enough to kill someone, much less the Iraqi judicial.

 

[Pardalis]

 

[Travis]

While I won't shed a tear, I am still staunchly against death penalties. I don't trust the American judicial system enough to kill someone, much less the Iraqi judicial.

Both seem quite capable of killing people. Of course it's not done very efficiently here in the US with all our automatic appeals and stuff.

 

[Eyeron]

All he has to do to show his remorse is to write a children's book.

 

[WildCat]

Not really news, it's the 4th time he's been sentenced to hang.

 

[Peephole]

Too bad, the death penalty is reprehensible.

 

[Skeptic]

It's a pity Iraq doesn't use the gas chamber for executions.

 

[Hallo Alfie]

I'd like to raise the punishment to "hanged, drawn and quartered".

Any advance?

 

[portlandatheist]

Thanks for the link LK, its good to hear some good news every now and then.

 

[commandlinegamer]

I'd stick him in a cell for life, with pink walls and fluffly kittens.

 

[JihadJane]

When's Chemical Rummy going to get the chop?

 

[Darth Rotor]

When's Chemical Rummy going to get the chop?

He ordered chemical attacks upon whom in the US? That's the equivalent charge.

We are waiting for your response.

 

[Darat]

I heard he served Mountain Dew at meetings.

 

[Undesired Walrus]

It's a pity Iraq doesn't use the gas chamber for executions.

How do medieval statements like 'an eye for an eye' apply to the 21st century? Surely the point of the rule of law should be demonstrating that we are superior to Al-Majid's barbaric acts, not copying them. It's a position of strength, not weakness.

 

[Just thinking]

I'd like to raise the punishment to "hanged, drawn and quartered".

Any advance?

Yes ... do the "Drawn & Quartered" part first, OK?

 

[Just thinking]

He ordered chemical attacks upon whom in the US? That's the equivalent charge.

We are waiting for your response.

Even the crickets have stopped chirping and gone home.

 

[Upchurch]

Allow me to shed a tear.


...hold on.


...almost.


...wait, I think I feel...
...no.



Does anyone have some eye drops or something?

 

[Praktik]

Both seem quite capable of killing people. Of course it's not done very efficiently here in the US with all our automatic appeals and stuff.

Ya, due process is way overrated.

 

[Cobalt]

Does anyone have some eye drops or something?

I've got an onion, and after we induce tears we can fry it up and have onion rings!