Ali Hassan Al Majeed
January 25, 2010 by Trend PK
Filed under World News
BAGHDAD: Ali Hassan Al Majeed, Iraq’s government spokesman says Saddam Hussein’s notorious cousin “Chemical Ali” was executed Monday about a week after being sentenced to death for the poison gas attacks that killed more than 5,000 Kurds in 1988.
News of the hanging came shortly after three suicide car bombs struck downtown Baghdad. It was not immediately clear whether the attacks were linked the execution of Ali Hassan al-Majid.
Government spokesman Ali al-Dabbagh confirmed the execution took place.
Al-Majid — widely known as “Chemical Ali” for the gas attacks — was convicted on Sunday for ordering the poison gas to be dropped on the Kurdish town of Halabja in 1988 as part of a campaign against a Kurdish uprising.
It was the fourth death sentence against him for crimes against humanity.
Ali Hassan Al Majeed was first posted on January 25, 2010 at 10:19 pm.
Urban Meyer Press Conference Today
Urban Meyer Press Conference Today: Two sources close to the situation told Florida Today that Urban Meyer has changed his mind and has decided he will return as the Gators’ head coach after taking an indefinite leave of absence.The resignation has become a leave of absence of the indefinite kind. It will start after Florida faces Cincinnati on January 1, 2010 and last as long asMeyer sees fit. He took some time to rethink his choice and realized it wasn’t the one he wanted to make. He didn’t want to hang it up completely. He wanted to recharge and come back in good health.
Offensive coordinator Steve Addazio will be the acting head coach until Meyer feels he is ready to return, according to the sources.
Florida coach Urban Meyer is taking an indefinite leave of absence instead of resigning and expects to be on the sideline leading the Gators when next season opens.
“I do in my gut believe that will happen,” Meyer said Sunday at a Sugar Bowl news conference.
Urban Meyer Press Conference Today was first posted on December 28, 2009 at 2:27 pm.
