'Chemical Ali' Saddam's hatchet man has a terrifying record

For two decades, he has been Saddam Hussein's "go-to" guy, the mantrusted to oversee the dirtiest brutal deeds of the Iraqi dictator.

In that time, Gen. Ali Hassan al-Majid--who carries the chillingnickname "Chemical Ali"--has amassed a remarkable record of murderand mayhem: The mass executions and gassing of tens of thousands ofethnic Kurds in 1988. The torture and deaths of 200,000 Shiite Iraqisafter an abortive uprising in 1991. The killing and looting in Kuwaitafter the Iraqi invasion that triggered the 1991 Persian Gulf War.Even the execution of two of his own nephews.

"He has been involved in some of Iraq's worst crimes--includinggenocide and crimes against …