Grateful Iraqis

I was wondering whether Suhail Shafi (May 12), media relations officer of Move! (what or who?) organisation, is trying to outdo the former Iraqi Minister of Information, namely Ali Ahmed Al-Sahaf, alias Comical Ali, in issuing mind-boggling...

I was wondering whether Suhail Shafi (May 12), media relations officer of Move! (what or who?) organisation, is trying to outdo the former Iraqi Minister of Information, namely Ali Ahmed Al-Sahaf, alias Comical Ali, in issuing mind-boggling propaganda.

Readers should note that Comical Ali is not to be confused with the butcher of Halabja, that is Chemical Ali, who gassed tens of thousands of Iraqi Kurds in the space of a couple of hours in 1991. Thank God, and the coalition forces, Chemical Ali is no more, and the Iraqis are extremely grateful for that.

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