Reuters reports that Iraq's "Chemical Ali," Ali Hassan al-Majid, one of Saddam Hussein's most feared deputies, will be the first leader of the former regime to be tried for war crimes.
Asked if the trial would go ahead next week, Shaalan said: "Yes, God willing." But asked to repeat his response in English, he replied: "Next week, maybe, or in the middle of next month."
Mr al-Majid earned his nickname after leading the chemical attack on Kurds in Halabja during an offensive in 1987. He is also accused of masterminding the killing of hundreds of thousands in the wake of the big uprisings against Saddam Hussein in 1991 after the first Gulf War.
Lets get on with these trials. They will remind everyone what an evil regime was ruling Iraq.
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