chemical ali
Repressive measures included deportations of the population and mass killings; al-Majid was dubbed “Chemical Ali” by Iraqi Kurds for his use of chemical weapons in attacks against them. [1]
- Saddam Hussein’s cousin “Chemical Ali” will be hanged now that the last legal obstacle to his execution has been eliminated by the Iraqi presidency council, Reuters reports. [2]
BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) — Iraq’s prime minister wants the American military to hand over “Chemical Ali” and two other convicted officials from Saddam Hussein’s regime for execution, an Iraqi official said Tuesday, but the move could widen the divide between Iraq’s Sunni and Shiite Muslim communities. [3]
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Saddam Hussein’s cousin, widely known as “Chemical Ali”, was sentenced on Sunday to hang for masterminding a genocidal military campaign that used poison gas against Iraq’s Kurds in the 1980s. [4]
The cousin of Saddam Hussein, known by the nickname “Chemical Ali” for his role in a chemical weapons attack on Iraqi Kurds in the 1980s, will be executed, Iraqi officials said Friday. [5]
BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) — Ali Hassan al-Majid, known as “Chemical Ali,” a cousin of Saddam Hussein and the man thought to have ordered the 1988 chemical attack on Kurds, is in U.S. custody, the U.S. military said Thursday. [...] Increased security in Iraq after the U.N. bombing. [6]
, born 1941) is a former Ba’athist Iraqi Defense Minister, Interior Minister, military commander and chief of the Iraqi Intelligence Service. [1]
U.S. authorities haven’t received a request from Iraq for the release of Ali Hassan al-Majeed, the one-time Saddam Hussein henchman awaiting execution, an American military spokesman said Wednesday. [5]
The first such attacks occurred as early as April 1987 and continued into 1988, culminating in the notorious attack on Halabja in which over 5,000 people were killed. [1]
Tariq Aziz could get the death penalty for ordering the 1992 execution of more than 40 Iraqi merchants accused of price-gouging. [2]
“This is judgment day for the aggressors against the Kurdish people,” said Namiq Horamy, as he handed out sweets to colleagues in Kurdistan’s Ministry of Martyrs, which looks after victims of the campaign. [4]
A first cousin of former President of Iraq Saddam Hussein, he became notorious in the 1980s and 1990s for his role in the Iraqi government’s campaigns against internal opposition forces, namely from its ethnic Kurdish rebels of the north, and the Shia religious dissidents of the south. [1]
In a packed visitors gallery overlooking the court, Deputy Prime Minister Barham Salih, a Kurd, and leaders of the largely autonomous Kurdish region watched the verdict being delivered. [4]
He was convicted in June 2007 and was sentenced to death for crimes committed in the al-Anfal campaign of the 1980s. [1]
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[1] Ali Hassan al-Majid - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
[2] News Articles Relating To Chemical Ali. (www.newser.com/tag/3455/1/
[3] Official: Iraqi leader wants ‘Chemical Ali,’ others executed - CNN.com (www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/12/04/
[4] Chemical Ali sentenced to hang | Reuters (www.reuters.com/article/topNews/
[5] Ali Hassan al-Majid: News & Videos about Ali Hassan al-Majid - CNN.com (topics.cnn.com/topics/
[6] CNN.com - U.S.: ‘Chemical Ali‘ in custody - Aug. 21, 2003 (www.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/meast/08/21/