The attacks coincide with the execution of Chemical Ali.

'If Chemical Ali really wanted to destroy the north he should have fired a rocket with Mohammad's socks in it'.

He ordered the use of poison gas against Kurds in 1988, earning the nickname Chemical Ali.

However, Chemical Ali was not in the house; 17 other people were killed instead.

The British defense secretary said in London that the Iraqi military commander known as "Chemical Ali" had been killed in a bombing raid.

He is known as "Chemical" Ali because of his role in overseeing chemical attacks against the Kurds.

"Everything in this house belongs to Iraq, not to Ali Kimiawy," one looter said, using the Arab term for Chemical Ali.

It looked like Chemical Ali's shopping list.

We believe that the reign of terror of Chemical Ali has come to an end.

Mr. Rumsfeld said today that he did not know the status of Chemical Ali, whom American troops had been tracking prior to the bombing.