Iraq - Chemical Ali

Saddam's cousin and current governor of the south of Iraq, Ali Hassan al Majid, makes Saddam, Uday and Qusay look like bungling amateurs when it comes to mass murder. In fact, there are probably quite a few dictators around who could use Majid's population disposal services. Al Majid is called Chemical Ali because he decided the best way to solve the Kurdish rebellion was to gas them. He orchestrated the gassing of Kurdish villages carried out by low-flying helicopters with express orders to kill every living thing in the area, including plants and wildlife. This was all part of Operation "Anvil" at the end of the Gulf War (the first one that is), which saw the widespread use of chemical weapons against the Kurds in northern Iraq. Anfal had eight different phases and successfully solved the Kurdish question in Iraq. It also killed 200,000 Kurds.

In March 1988, in the town of Halabja, 5,000 Kurds died writhing in agony and 10,000 were seriously affected when Iraqi jets dropped chemical bombs on the town.