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Ali Hassan Majid al-Tikriti (Arabic: علي حسن مجيد التكريت, romanized: ʿAlī Ḥasan Majīd al-Tikrītī; c. 1941 – 25 January 2010), nicknamed Chemical Ali (Arabic: علي الكيمياوي, romanized: ʿAlī al-Kīmīawī), was an Iraqi military officer and politician under Saddam Hussein who served as defence ...
Apr 7, 2003 · Learn about the Iraqi general who led the genocidal campaign against the Kurds and used chemical weapons against civilians. He was also involved in the occupation of Kuwait and the repression of the Marsh Arabs.
Jan 25, 2010 · 25 Jan 2010. In March 1988, Iraqi jets swooped over the village of Halabja and sprayed it with a deadly mix of mustard gas and the nerve agents Tabun, Sarin and VX. Three-quarters of the victims in...
Jan 26, 2010 · It was for the crime of genocide against the Kurds that Majid, also known as "Chemical Ali", was first sentenced to death by a court in June 2007. His execution was delayed because two Iraqi...
BAGHDAD Ali Hassan al-Majid, a symbol of the former government of Saddam Hussein, who ordered a poison gas attack on a Kurdish village in northern Iraq, was executed on Monday.
Jun 24, 2007 · Two decades after Iraq's military laid waste to Kurdish villages, the Iraqi High Tribunal on Sunday sentenced Ali Hassan al-Majid, known as "Chemical Ali," and two others to death for...
Mar 19, 2013 · THEN Cheers went up across much of Iraq in April 2003 when many news outlets reported that the notorious “Chemical Ali,” a cousin of Saddam Hussein widely credited with launching a 1988...
