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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

(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... Read full story »

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Hussein cousin and 2 others get death for wiping out Kurds

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