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I just want Kuwait, honest.

-- Saddam Hussein, ca. 1990.


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Uh-Oh-- Kuwait Getting "Nuclear Emergency Pills"

Maybe we shouldn't be freaked out yet, but it appears that the Kuwaitis are preparing for the Iranians to get the bomb. Looks like the Kuwaitis expect the Iranian bomb to go off somewhere nearby and want to make sure they're covered. And they're doing it in a way that kinda freaks me out:

The government of Kuwait has contracted Internet-based radiation emergency products suppler Nukepills.com for a citizen protection initiative.

U.S. company Nukepills.com was awarded the contract from the Kuwaiti Ministry of Health. Under the approximately $1.4 million deal, Nukepills.com will supply 5.4 million of its trademarked ThyroShield potassium iodide doses.

Kuwait awarded the contract for the ThyroShield doses as part of an effort to stockpile nuclear radiation emergency protections. Officials say the ThyroShield is a liquid medicine that has thyroid-blocking capabilities to prevent thyroid cancer during radiation emergencies.

"This sale is the first large-scale order of ThyroShield from a foreign government," Troy Jones, Nukepills.com president, said in a statement.

"We are currently working on additional potassium iodide orders from other countries in the Middle East, Europe and Asia. We hope the new U.S. administration follows Kuwait's lead and reinstitutes the potassium iodide distribution plan to protect its citizens."

Chemical Ali Sentenced to Death Again

From our friends at WorldThreats. Saddam Hussein's cousin, Ali Hassan al-Majid, infamous for his role in the Halabja massacre, was sentenced to death again. This time it was for his crushing of the Shi'ite intifada in 1991.

Majid, Saddam Hussein’s cousin, attempted his own theatrics, but the judge would have no part of it:

Judge Khalifa said Mr. Majid was guilty of crimes against humanity. Mr. Majid remained calm, but Mr. Ani shouted: “I welcome death if it is for Iraq, for pan-Arabism and for the Baath. Down with the American and Persian occupation!”

The judge responded, “Shut up.”

Fitting words.

Now, I oppose the death penalty, but if anyone deserves it, it's him. Keep the bastard alive so he can see the progress and success of Kurdistan, despite the malevolent and atrocious acts he leveled against it. Let him watch the Kurdish people become more than Saddam could ever do. Let him watch as Iraq and Kuwait (which he was installed governor during the Iraqi occupation) rise.

Biji Kordestan!