Ali Hassan al-Majid, dubbed "Chemical Ali" by opponents of the Iraqi regime for ordering a poison gas attack that killed thousands of Kurds, has been found dead, a British officer said Monday.
"Al-Majid is Saddam Hussein's hatchet man," Kenneth Roth, head of Human Rights Watch in New York, said at the time. "He has been involved in some of Iraq's worst crimes, including genocide and crimes against humanity."
Maybe once his friends on the political left baptize this war years from now, Steven Spielberg will step to the plate and direct the heart-warming film about some Iraqi trying to save Kurds. Of course, it will have to wait until it does Bush no political good, and all the Hollywood protesters recant. The story will be that Bush did a decent thing despite himself, but he was so reckless about it. He wasn't a good enough President to bring the United Nations on board, and he nearly destroyed them in the process. Thankfully, Tony Blair and the British kept Bush from slaughtering the rest of the people in the country.
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