Saddam's general killed during Rumsfeld trip

[Tom Yossarian Joad]

http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/7005F631-1E91-43AA-8023-9D6988D27B11.htm


A former secret police general who had been in charge of western Baghdad under Saddam Hussein, has been shot and killed at his home in the Iraqi capital.

General Khalaf Alussi died under a hail of bullets fired by four men, said Wissam Idan, a building worker at the house in Baghdad's al-Yarmuk area.

The general, who died on the spot, headed the feared secret police in the al-Kharkh district on the west bank of the river
Tigris.

The attack came as US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld visited Baghdad and the northern oil centre of Kirkuk for talks with field commanders on counter-insurgency efforts.

A number of violent incidents coincided with the visit.

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[JackSwift]

1. That will skip the necessity for a trial

where the general discusses his longtime ties to the Bushies

[Military Brat]

2. Yes, Uday and Qusay were also spared the ordeal of a trial,

where they would have revealed connections and the truth about WMD. You will see that our government really is sooo compassionate, if you can just put yourself into their thousand-dollar shoes.

[UpInArms]

3. judge

jury and executioner

all in one nice tidybowl package

how convenient

[WannaJumpMyScooter]

4. I guess Rummy brought the green light for that and a bag full

of cash in a variety of currencies.

[leesa]

5. I suppose they'll drag Saddam's staff out of the freezer one by one.