To detail the process of deciding whether or not to award points is to describe the history, politics and continued trials of Chemical Ali, himself.
Cousin and senior aide to another very bad man, Saddam Hussein, Ali Hassan al-Majid received his infamous moniker for ordering the use of a deadly cocktail of Mustard, Tabun, Sarin and VX gasses against 182,000 Kurds in northern Iraq in 1988. One particular attack against the village of Halabja in which 5,000 died--three quarters of dead are women and children--lead to his final conviction on January 17, 2010 and his execution by hanging on January 25, 2010.
Chemical Ali has received 3 previous death sentences for other war crimes, but his execution was delayed in part by the politics of the Halabja trial. It seems that the families of the victims wanted to make their voices heard, while the conflicting ideology of the Sunis, Kurds and Shiites left more argument than action.
Therefore, in my interpretation of the Saddam Hussein Rule, because Ali Hassan al-Majid was tried and found guilty for the Halabja mass killing, and because all parties agreed and carried out his execution within the year, 32 points are awarded to Cremation Station for Chemical Ali. And may God have mercy on his soul.
Ali Hassan al-Majid
November 30, 1941 - January 25, 2010
