BAGHDAD, June 16 (UPI) -- Ali Hassan al-Majid, known as "Chemical Ali," denied at a war crimes tribunal in Baghdad shooting unarmed protesters during a 1991 Shiite uprising in Basra. Majid faced the ...

[JURIST] Ali Hassan al-Majid – Saddam Hussein's cousin known to the Western media as "Chemical Ali" [BBC profile; JURIST news archive] – and two other Hussein regime officials received death sentences ...

Yesterday, an appeals court upheld death sentences imposed against Ali Hassan al-Majid, or “Chemical Ali,” and two other Saddam lieutenants convicted of crimes against humanity for their roles a ...

BAGHDAD - Even in Saddam Hussein's ruthless regime, "Chemical Ali" stood apart, notable for his role in gassing 5,000 people in a Kurdish village - the deadliest chemical weapons attack ever against ...

In this U.S. Army image, Ali Hassan al-Majid, the former Iraqi official known as ‘Chemical Ali,’ is shown on the deck of cards given to soldiers. AP FILE PHOTO BAGHDAD — Saddam Hussein’s cousin Ali ...

After months of delay, there is news today that the Iraqi government finally gave the go ahead for the execution of the man known as Chemical Ali. After months of delay, there is news today that the ...

Iraq’s Presidential Council endorsed the death sentence for Ali Hassan al-Majid, known as “Chemical Ali” for his role in the gassing of thousands of Iraqi Kurds during a 1988 campaign of genocide.

BAGHDAD (AP) – An Iraqi court on Sunday sentenced Saddam Hussein’s cousin known as “Chemical Ali” and two other former regime officials to death by hanging for their roles in a 1980s scorched-earth ...

BAGHDAD -- Saddam Hussein's cousin, known as "Chemical Ali," and two other regime officials were sentenced Sunday to hang for slaughtering up to 180,000 Kurdish men, women and children with chemical ...

Three men (‘Ali Hassan al-Majid, Sultan Hashim Ahmad al-Ta’I and Hussain Rashid al-Tikriti), all senior officials under the government of Saddam Hussain, who were sentenced to death on 24 June 2007, ...