Iraqi court sentences 'Chemical Ali' to death
By Agence France Presse (AFP)
Wednesday, December 03, 2008
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An Iraqi court on Tuesday condemned one of Saddam Hussein's right-hand men to death for war crimes and crimes against humanity over the crackdown on Shiites during their ill-fated 1991 uprising. Hassan al-Majid, 67, nick-named "Chemical Ali" already on death row after being convicted of genocide for the brutal military campaign against. This Article is only available in The Daily Star on-line archive. Containing over 100,000 articles, The Daily Star archive is an excellent information source and research tool for all events in Lebanon and the region since 1997.
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 Tags: crimes, Execution, Forces, Former, Gulf, Hassan, Iraq, Minister, Official, Saddam, Shiite, War
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