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To: Ilaine who wrote (90428)	4/5/2003 7:47:29 PM
From: BigBull	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

I was hoping for meat hooks, but charcoal spot will do. :o} I hope it's true. One by one or by the dozen this regime is rapdily joining the ash can of history. Seriously, the subject of de-Baathification of Iraq and Syria is an incredibly important one. One I shall return to in future posts.

To: Ilaine who wrote (90428)	4/7/2003 12:54:55 PM
From: BigBull	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 281500

The SAS nailed the Chemical One. So says this report. Bloody Maaaahvelous. Good Show. CHEMICAL ALI: 'SAS ROLE' sky.com The notorious Iraqi general dubbed Chemical Ali was killed in a strike organised by the SAS, according to reports. A team from the elite British regiment used a laser-targeting device to guide an airstrike on a building he had been seen entering, The Sun's Nick Parker said. The SAS men had been working undercover in Basra, Parker reported in a pooled despatch. He said a well-placed source close to the frontline said: "The SAS got him. "Local intelligence was received which led to Special Forces teams being able to positively identify him in a particular building. "SAS troops then marked the target using laser designation devices and called the air and artillery attacks which killed him." British Army officers earlier said they could confirm the Iraqi - real name Ali Hassan al-Majid - had been killed. Al-Majid was a first cousin of Iraqi President Saddam Hussein, who had entrusted him with the defence of southern Iraq against invading coalition forces. One of the most brutal members of Saddam's inner circle, al-Majid led a 1988 campaign against Kurds in northern Iraq in which whole villages were wiped out with chemical weapons. He served as governor of Kuwait after it was invaded by Iraq in 1990.