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Saddam's cousin 'Chemical Ali' gets another death sentence
A special Iraqi court has handed down another death sentence for Saddam Hussein's cousin known as 'Chemical Ali', for his role in the 1991 suppression of a Shiite uprising.
- Agencies
- Published: 14:37 December 2, 2008
- Ali Hassan Al Majeed, also known as "Chemical Ali", is already under death sentence for the crackdown on Kurds in the 1980s.
- Image Credit: Reuters
Baghdad: A special Iraqi court has handed down another death sentence for Saddam Hussein's cousin known as 'Chemical Ali', for his role in the 1991 suppression of a Shiite uprising.
"Chemical Ali' - whose real name is Ali Hassan Al Majid - is already under death sentence for the crackdown on Kurds in northern Iraq in the late 1980s.
Former Baath party official Abdul Ghani Abdul Ghafur also received a death sentence on Tuesday at the end of the trial that began in August 2007.
Four defendants received life sentences, six face 15-year sentences and three were acquitted.
Former Defence Minister Sultan Hashim Ahmad Al Tai also faces the gallows in the 1980s Kurdish crackdown but is among those who received a 15-year sentence Tuesday.
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