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'Chemical Ali' admits ordered Kurd villages cleared

Saddam Hussein's cousin, Ali Hassan al-Majeed, known as "Chemical Ali", told a court trying him for genocide on Sunday he had ordered Kurdish villages cleared in the 1988 "Anfal" campaign but insisted he was right to do so and had nothing to apologize for.

 

 

Earlier this month he told the court he ordered troops to execute those who ignored government orders to leave villages, and on Sunday he reiterated that he was the one responsible for giving orders to destroy villages and displace their people. He argued, however, that it was a legitimate military campaign since Kurdish guerrillas in northern Kurdistan had sided with Iran during the last stage of the Iraq-Iran war. (Reuters)

 


פרסום ראשון: 01.28.07, 16:57