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'Chemical' Ali's latest execution sentence deemed a 'cheap campaigning stunt' by Maliki's corrupt and ineffective government

"Whilst we welcome the decision by the Iraqi High Tribunal to execute Ali Hassan al-Majid for the atrocities he's committed, most notably the 1988 gassing of 5,000 Kurds in northern town of Halabja, let us not forget that he's been sentenced to death three times already. If government were genuinely interested in justice he would have been executed a long time ago. Instead, they publicise this decision now, six weeks before the election, to try to cover up their previous ineptitude. It is a desperate campaigning ploy to try and salvage its rapidly depleting support and yet another example of Maliki's corrupt and immoral regime."

- Ahrar Leader Ayad Jamal Aldin

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About Ayad Jamal Aldin:

Ayad Jamal Aldin is a Shia cleric, best known for his consistent campaigning for a new, secular Iraq. He first rose to prominence at the Nasiriyah conference in March 2003, shortly before the fall of Saddam, where he called for a state free of religion, the turban and other theological symbols. In 2005, he was elected as one of the 25 MPs on the Iraqi National List, but withdrew in 2009 after becoming disenchanted with Iyad Allawi's overtures to Iran. He wants complete independence from Iranian interference in Iraq. He now leads the Ahrar party for the 2010 election to the Council of Representatives, to clean up corruption and create a strong, secure and liberated Iraq for the future.