Chemical Ali to hang

Saddam's henchman, Chemical Ali, is going to the gallows. Will the crimes of this man sink into the "progressive" mindset? Will the same nutty liberals advocating for intervention in Darfur finally understand the need to intervene on behalf of the Iraqis?

Saddam Hussein's cousin, widely known as "Chemical Ali," was sentenced on Sunday to hang for masterminding a genocidal military campaign that used poison gas against Iraq's Kurds in the 1980s.

Ali Hassan al-Majeed, looking frail and wearing traditional Arab robes, stood silently as the judge read the verdict. As he was escorted from the Baghdad courtroom, he said: "Thanks be to God."

"This is judgment day for the aggressors against the Kurdish people," said Namiq Horamy, as he handed out sweets to colleagues in Kurdistan's Ministry of Martyrs, which looks after victims of the campaign.

Majeed, whose very name once sparked fear among Iraqis, directed a military campaign against the Kurdish north in which chemical weapons were used, villages demolished, agricultural lands destroyed and tens of thousands of people killed.

I don't expect "progressives", liberals, commies, and cowards (excuse the redundancy) to understand what is happening.