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.

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

Nice Graphic of a Hero!

[verity]

Top Saddam general shot dead From correspondents in Baghdad

Those correspondents are become more brazen every day.

[polemikos]

Better wait to see who killed him and why.

Dollars to doughnuts it was a revenge killing.

I'm just surprised that coalition forces didn't scoop him up earlier (this guy was living at home).

[Arpege92]

"For all we know, this could've been one of our best buds."

Perhaps, but just imagine what an animal like this has done to Iraqi citizens. You don't get to be head of Saddams police without killing innocent Iraqi's.

[bert]

....Dollars to doughnuts it was a revenge killing.....

With out question, but the wager doesn't stipulate who is the good and who is the bad guy.

I suspect the man got religion in the not to distant past and the devil came calling.

[Sci Fi Guy]

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

It does not say when he headed the secret police. Perhaps he retired several years ago, and was not considered relevant by the US.

[Ragtime Cowgirl]

Thanks for the ping, Ernest. Revenge, or competition for top local thug?

The world needs to hear from his w. Baghdad victims. They are free tonight.

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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....

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.
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Ping!

[gatorbait]

General Khalaf Alussi died at his home under a hail of bullets fired by four men....

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.

Can we have a great big Awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww for this bastard?

[McGavin999]

It amazes me that these people think they can just stay in their homes and nobody is going to come after them. People remember, I really don't understand how these men can forget what they've done.

[Grampa Dave]

Excellent!

Nothing like a lot good street justice to balance the books in Iraq and to stop the bad guys permanently.

[MissAmericanPie]

A few Iraqi's getting some payback?

[MEG33]

Dead men don't talk?

[blackie]

Revenge is sweet! :)

[windchime]

Followup on this story might be interesting.

[CHICAGOFARMER]

I love it when A$$holes and bullets meet.

[Lancey Howard]

(( ping ))

[Delta 21]

We are getting close to some very big fish over there. This guy chose to go out this way instead of living with the alternative.

GO TEAM ! ! !

[Alamo-Girl]

Bump!

[ChadGore]

bump

[Alamo-Girl]

Volley bump!