Tapes show Saddam and cousin discussed killing thousands
- Posted by Beth on January 8th, 2007 filed in General, Iraq, Islamofascism, The War
Tags: Saddam Hussein
Oh, but there were never any WMDs, right? Tell that to the Kurds.
Saddam Hussein and his cousin “Chemical Ali” discussed how chemical weapons would exterminate thousands before unleashing them on Kurds in 1988, according to tapes played on Monday in a trial of former Iraqi officials.
“I will strike them with chemical weapons and kill them all and damn anyone who is going to say anything,” a voice identified by prosecutors as “Chemical Ali” Hassan al-Majeed is heard saying.
“Yes it’s effective, especially on those who don’t wear a mask immediately, as we understand,” a voice identified as Saddam is heard saying on another tape.
“Sir, does it exterminate thousands?” a voice asks back.
“Yes, it exterminates thousands and forces them not to eat or drink and they will have to evacuate their homes without taking anything with them, until we can finally purge them,” the voice identified as Saddam answers.
With Saddam’s chair empty, Majeed and five other Baath party officials were being tried for their roles in the 1988 Anfal (Spoils of War) military campaign in northern Kurdistan.
Prosecutors said 180,000 people were killed, many of them gassed. Many Kurds regret the chief suspect can no longer face justice for his role in the campaign against them, but they hope others share his fate on the gallows.
Not that we didn’t already know this, but it puts a nice punctuation mark on it, having tapes of them discussing their genocidal deeds. (Although I’m sure there are some pathetic losers who would still deny it, much like Holocaust deniers live in a perpetual state of hate-filled insanity.)
Poor, poor Saddam and Chemical Ali. Condemned to death for just this? And taunted! Waaahh.
raz0r says:
One down, six to go.
The Jawa Report says:
It’s Not Wise To Tape Your Plans For Genocide
Saddam may be feral dog food, but his words are still preserved in order to see his cronies swinging from the rope….
Talmadge East says:
This is truly chilling.