Top Saddam general shot dead

news.com.au ^ | 06Dec03 | From correspondents in Baghdad

[HuntsvilleTxVeteran]

Top Saddam general shot dead From correspondents in Baghdad 06Dec03

GUNMEN shot dead today a former secret police general who had been in charge of western Baghdad under ousted strongman Saddam Hussein, a witness told said.

General Khalaf Alussi died at his home under a hail of bullets fired by four men, said Wissam Idan, a 24-year-old building worker at the house in the capital'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 Tigris river.

At the hospital where the body was taken, his brother, Raed Abdulkarim, confirmed the killing, adding that the gunmen had fled.

"He died immediately," Adulkarim said.

This report appears on NEWS.com.au.

[LibertyLight]

One more evil one now facing his own horrors.

[cynicom]

Encore Encore

[ABrit]

Evil maybe. Better wait to see who killed him and why.

[Broadside Joe]

Did they charge his family for the bullets?

[q_an_a]

amybe they fear his gang, but at least someone finding these old leaders and ending their food chain.

[LibertyLight]

Your are right - who knows who was ratting out who....?

[VOA]

Another one bites the dust.
Excellent! Unless he could have provided intelligence to the Coalition.

[LibertyLight]

Yes that is true..

[Snickersnee]

Things are never as they seem in the ME. Never. For all we know, this could've been one of our best buds.

[Jackknife]

D R T >>>> DEAD RIGHT THERE !

[76834]

Paybacks can be hell.
What goes around comes around.

Aint it great to be able to start the day with good news?

[Enterprise]

Say now, this is a bit suspicious. Isn't Rumsfeld in Iraq? Maybe takin' care of a little business?

[F16Fighter]

Did this General rate a place in the "deck-of-cards"?

[MinuteGal]

Doubt if the head of the feared secret police could ever be one of our best buds, ever.

To me it sounds if the populace is getting fed up and taking a little revenge vigilante action.

These spot retributions will save a lot of time and money when the Iraqi war crimes tribunal is set up.

Leni

[Aeronaut]

"Quick, we need more virgins!"

[Ronaldus Magnus]

General Khalaf Alussi died at his home under a hail of bullets...The general, who died on the spot, headed the feared secret police in the al-Kharkh district on the west bank of the Tigris river.

So why was he living in his home rather than a 4' by 7' cage in Guantanamo?

[76834]

Yep, we sure do.
And I hope everyone of them look like Janet Reno, or maybe Michael Jackson

[johnb838]

Isn't Rumsfeld in Iraq? Maybe takin' care of a little business?

You mean like this?

[Cicero]

This does sound like a rubout by the bad guys.

It's known that many of Saddam's top generals were offered big money by the CIA to drop out of the war. Maybe he his former friends suspected him of taking one of those bribes.

The very fact that he was living at home suggests that he had made his peace with us by some such action.