Arbil residents celebrate the capture of Chemical Ali

The residents rejoiced at the news and Peshmergas celebrated it, firing shots into the air while some others honked horns throught the streets over all night.
"We are so glad for capturing Chemical Ali. I, as an Arab, am celebrating for seizeing of such a man," said an Arab origin Iraqi.
Some Kurdish Iraqis said, "today is a festivity for us. Ali Hassan al-Majid killed thousands of innocent people. As far as we are concerned, the capture of him is more importantant than seizeing of Saddam Hussein.”