Senjata makan tuan. Tayangan kebengisan Ali Hassan Al-Majid, yang semula dimaksudkan untuk menakut-nakuti mereka yang mencoba melawan Saddam Hussein, sekarang dijadikan bukti di pengadilan.
Salam, RM ----------------------------- STI Dec 20, 2004 Notorious and ruthless leader FAMOUS video footage shows a chain-smoking Ali Hassan Al-Majid, paunch stretching his uniform, kicking prisoners on the ground. A former motorcycle messenger in the Iraqi military, he was said to have taken part in the arrests and executions of 66 people accused of plotting a coup just days after Saddam Hussein's inauguration in 1979. At times the interior and defence minister, he was appointed governor of Kuwait soon after Iraq invaded the neighbouring emirate in 1990. After the 1991 Persian Gulf War, he was instrumental in the brutal suppression of the Shi'ite Muslim uprising, and he personally reoccupied Basra, the country's second-largest city. But his role in crushing Kurdish resistance during the 1980-88 Iran-Iraq war earned him his greatest notoriety, and is the focus of the investigation. In March 1987, Saddam appointed Majid, by then a general, head of his forces in northern Iraq. Majid soon used chemical weapons in two Kurdish cities, which was how he came by his nickname. In the ensuing months, he launched a scorched-earth campaign known as Anfal. In all, 100,000 Kurds, perhaps many more, were killed. Iraqi forces destroyed 2,000 villages, with mass transfers of residents, to create a cordon sanitaire. In the most notorious episode, in March 1988, his forces used mustard gas and nerve agents against Halabja, a town near the Iranian border, killing an estimated 5,000 people. -- WASHINGTON POST -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> $4.98 domain names from Yahoo!. Register anything. http://us.click.yahoo.com/Q7_YsB/neXJAA/yQLSAA/BRUplB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> *************************************************************************** Berdikusi dg Santun & Elegan, dg Semangat Persahabatan. Menuju Indonesia yg Lebih Baik, in Commonality & Shared Destiny. www.ppi-india.uni.cc *************************************************************************** __________________________________________________________________________ Mohon Perhatian: 1. Harap tdk. memposting/reply yg menyinggung SARA (kecuali sbg otokritik) 2. Pesan yg akan direply harap dihapus, kecuali yg akan dikomentari. 3. Lihat arsip sebelumnya, www.ppi-india.da.ru; 4. Posting: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 5. Satu email perhari: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 6. No-email/web only: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 7. kembali menerima email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ppiindia/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
