'Chemical Ali' is now in our custody..

[Schuey2002]

http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=topNews&storyID=3316761

Reuters -

U.S. Forces Captured Feared 'Chemical Ali' in Iraq

Ali Hassan al-Majid, a feared cousin of Saddam Hussein nicknamed "Chemical Ali" for overseeing poison gas attacks that killed thousands, has been captured in Iraq, the U.S. military said Thursday.

"We do have him and he was captured alive," U.S. Central Command spokesman Lt. Ryan Fitzgerald told Reuters.

No details were released on the arrest of Majid, No. 5 on a U.S. list of 55 most-wanted Iraqis and the King of Spades in a U.S. military deck of cards depicting fugitives.

His capture, and the detention earlier this week of Saddam's vice president, Taha Yassin Ramadan, will fuel U.S. hopes that its forces are closing in on Saddam himself. ...

~Andrew Marshall

 

[Iain]

Just seen that on the BBC. Good news huh.

 

[Kharn]

The scene from the made for TV movie:
Inside a temporary building in Iraq, with big white lights pointed at Chemical Ali.
[...]
Chemical Ali: I wont tell, you cant make me talk, I'll take that information to my grave.
US Intelligence Officer: Ok, fine with me. Sgt, tell the Kurds we'll be dropping off one of their friends this evening.
Chemical Ali: I'll tell you everything! Please! I beg you! Dont send me to the Kurds!

Some things are just too easy.

Kharn

 

[Carlos]

I like it. Then, after we get the information we need,

This guy deserves some very slow and deliberate justice.

 

[Mark Tyson]

I'll bet the Kurds would just love to get their hands on him!

 

[greyhound]

I thought we killed him during the war (some time in early April)?

 

[Mark Tyson]

We did - he came back.

No, they were just mistaken, that's all. They admitted it a while ago.

 

[Waitone]

I heard the Kurds snagged him and turned him over to the US.

If true, it is astounding to think the Kurds thought enough of the Americans to suspend a blood feud with an admitted butchers.

 

[coldshot03/04]

Dang, I thought they already had him and his wife.

 

[Futo Inu]

Are we allowed by domestic law to torture? Or, do we just sorta not talk about what we do behind closed doors? In other words, is your best guess that he in FACT will, or will not be tortured if he doesn't talk, whether legal or not, publicized/admitted or not? (not as punishmnent, just to get intel, you understand...)

 

[Waitone]

The US is soooo good at mind games when it comes to interrogation. Truly outstanding work. Short answer is we have friendly countries that are famous for their ability to extract information. Egypt is one such country. Quite often it is sufficient to lead the perp to believe he is in Eqypt to begin the debriefing process. Often the perp has no clue where he actually is. Then there is the threat of Gitmo. For whatever reason the image of Gitmo being a bad place has taken hold and evidently the perps can be persuaded to talk just on the threat of a trip to Gitmo.

I don't think the US engages in the unsightly aspects of interrogations. I do think we are the masters of headgames, and ultimately you get better information voluntarily.

 

[shooten]

To quote R. Lee Ermy from the Siege at Firebase Gloria:

"Out standing!!"

Scott