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Chemical Ali Is Sentenced to Hang

Hussein cousin and 2 others get death for wiping out Kurds

By Caroline Miller,  Newser Staff

Posted Jun 24, 2007 10:31 AM CDT
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(Newser) – The Iraqi commander known as Chemical Ali was sentenced to hang today for ordering the  use of chemical weapons to wipe out whole Kurdish villages, killing some 180,000 people, two decades ago. Ali Hassan al-Majid, a cousin of Saddam Hussein, and two others found guilty of war crimes by the Iraqi High Tribunal said they were acting on orders at the time.

The campaign against the Kurds was mounted in retaliation against the rebellious ethnic minority viewed as allies of Iran during the 1980s war. Saddam had been a defendant in the case as well, before his execution for killing 148 Shiite Muslim men and boys in another act of revenge, after an attempt on on his life.

A forensic specialist uses a trowel to remove sand away from human skulls in the al-Samawa desert in Muthanna province, 270 km (168miles) south of Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, April 25, 2005. Skulls and bones, clothing and other belongings found in shallow graves here offer up valuable clues to investigators gathering...
A forensic specialist uses a trowel to remove sand away from human skulls in the al-Samawa desert in Muthanna province, 270 km (168miles) south of Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, April 25, 2005. Skulls and bones,...   (Associated Press)
Saddam Hussein's cousin Ali Hasan Al-Majid known as Chemical Ali stands in court as he listens to his verdict being pronounced by Chief Judge Mohammed Oraibi Al-Khalifa, unseen, during the verdict trial session in Baghdad, Iraq, Sunday, June 24, 2007. Ali Hasan Al-Majid knowni was sentenced to death along with...
Saddam Hussein's cousin Ali Hasan Al-Majid known as " Chemical Ali" stands in court as he listens to his verdict being pronounced by Chief Judge Mohammed Oraibi Al-Khalifa, unseen, during the verdict...   (Associated Press)
nday June 24, 2007 verdict against Saddam Hussein's cousin, known as Chemical Ali, and others accused in a 1980s crackdown against them. The case _ called Anfal after the codename for the campaign _ does not include the deaths of an estimated 5,600 people in a 1988 chemical weapons...
nday June 24, 2007 verdict against Saddam Hussein's cousin, known as Chemical Ali, and others accused in a 1980s crackdown against them. The case _ called Anfal after the codename for the campaign _...   (Associated Press)
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