Saddam cousin ‘Chemical Ali’ receives death penalty for poison gas attack on Halabja
By APSunday, January 17, 2010
Iraq’s ‘Chemical Ali’ gets new death sentence
BAGHDAD — Saddam Hussein’s notorious cousin “Chemical Ali” has been convicted of crimes against humanity and sentenced to death for involvement in a poison gas attack on Halabja.
Families of some victims in court cheered when the guilty verdict against Ali Hassan al-Majid was handed down Sunday.
He has already received previous death sentences for brutalities during Saddam’s rule.
Other officials in Saddam’s regime, including former Defense Minister Sultan Hashim al-Taie, received jail terms for their involvement in the 1988 attack on the mostly Kurdish city of Halabja.
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