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An Iraqi court has sentenced Saddam Hussein's former foreign minister, Tariq Aziz, to 15 years in prison. It's the first conviction for the man who for years was the former regime's public face to the West.An Iraqi court has sentenced Saddam Hussein's former foreign minister, Tariq... more
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Bad news for Saddam Hussein’s cousin, Ali Hassan al-Majid—aka, “Chemical Ali”: He’s just received another death sentence. Al-Majid avoided his first death sentence, for murdering tens of thousands in the Kurds with chemical weapons in the 1980s, with legal wrangling. The crime this time is his brutal suppression of a Shiite uprising after the first Gulf War. After that war, a Shiite and Kurdish uprising captured 14 of the country’s 18 provinces, but tens of thousands of people died as the Baath Party took them back over. Another defendant was sentenced to death in the trial, while four were given life sentences, six were sentenced to 15 years in prison, and three were acquitted.Bad news for Saddam Hussein’s cousin, Ali Hassan al-Majid—aka,... more
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Ali Hassan al-Majeed, also known as Chemical Ali, has received a second death sentence. His first one came as a result of the Anfal campaign which killed at least 100,000 Iraqi Kurds. This second sentence comes for his role in suppressing a 1991 Shiite Muslim uprising against his cousin, former dictator Saddam Hussein.Ali Hassan al-Majeed, also known as Chemical Ali, has received a second death... more
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Chemical Ali aka Comical Ali has been handed a second death sentence for his part in crushing a Shia uprising in 1991.Chemical Ali aka Comical Ali has been handed a second death sentence for his part in... more
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