Ali Hassan al-Majid, known as Chemical Ali, was sentenced to death for ordering the slaughter of 5,000 Kurds in 1988. Photograph: Reuters'Chemical Ali' To Be Hanged Within Days -- The Guardian
Ali Hassan al-Majid sentenced to death by Iraq's high criminal court for ordering slaughter of Kurds in 1988.
One of Saddam Hussein's most loathed henchman, Ali Hassan al-Majid, otherwise known as Chemical Ali, will be hanged within days, a senior official said tonight, setting the scene for Iraq's highest profile execution since Saddam himself was put to death more than three years ago.
The former spy chief and first cousin of Saddam was today sentenced to death for ordering the slaughter of more than 5,000 Kurds in the northern Iraqi town of Halabja with chemical weapons in 1988.
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Chemical Ali faces execution in weeks over gas attack -- The Telegraph
Hussein Aide Again Given a Sentence of Death -- New York Times
Saddam cousin 'Chemical Ali' given fourth death sentence -- CNN
'Chemical Ali will be hanged within days' -- Press TV
Iraq's 'Chemical Ali' sentenced to death -- AFP
'Chemical Ali' sentenced in Kurd attack -- UPI
Halabja, the massacre the West tried to ignore -- Times Online
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