Who had even heard of "Chemical Ali"?

his name has surfaced as much as saddams sons. ali was supposed to have be placed in charge of southern iraq i believe.

Well I know that now.

But before?.. honestly?

well. before the war it was in the news

Yea, he was pretty well known if you ever watched a documentary on the history of Iraq. They have quotes of him ordering to use gas to kill them. Crazy AND sadistic, I think those were the two main job requirements to work for Saddam

I had *never* heard about him before he was dead. :/

And a tash:

well right before the war started saddam broke the country up in 4 parts. ali got the southern part. this was mentioned plenty of times before the war even began

I've known about him for about 10 years or so -- since the early 90's.

Maury

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Yep, well before this.

Not back when he did what he did though... I was a bit young at the time.

But grew up hearing the name.

Must be a US/UK thang...
I consider myself a bit of a news junkie and followed the last Gulf war (and its aftermath) very closely.

Just never heard that name used before..

Any Uk'ers know different?

First read about him in a Brit newspaper...

Learned about him around the time of the first Gulf war. So about 12 years ago.

He was also profiled quite a bit by CNN, and the other news agencies. They love doing the "behind the killer" thing.

I remember hearing of him many years ago.

Who is this "Saddam" you keep referring to