KING OF PAIN

Pentagon: US Captures 'Chemical Ali' (CNN, 8/21/03)

Al-Majid is the king of spades and No. 5 in the deck of cards issued by the military of the 55 most-wanted Iraqis.

He served as a general, presidential adviser, a member of Saddam's inner circle, commander of the Baath Party Regional Command, member of the Revolutionary Command Council, and head of the Central Workers Bureau.

He had been coordinating the resistance in southern Iraq during the war, according to the coalition, and had been the de facto governor of Kuwait after Iraq invaded that country in 1990. (Profile)

That this monster continues to draw breath is further testimony to the enormous restraint of the US. Posted by John Resnick at August 21, 2003 12:56 PM