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Ali Hassan al- Majid Biography and Timeline

Follow Ali Hassan al- Majid through 9 dated historical records for Iraq.

Ali Hassan al- Majid, historical timeline

A chronological timeline drawn from matching World History Database records.

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2007

Anfal Campaign

Warfare / Gulf War, 2nd

Three Iraqi army officials, including Ali Hassan al-Majid, a cousin of Saddam Hussein who was known as "Chemical Ali, are convicted and sentenced to death for carrying out the murder of about 50,000 Kurds in 1988-what was called the Anfal campaign

Role range: 2003-2003

Chemical Ali

Warfare / Gulf War, 2nd

Three Iraqi army officials, including Ali Hassan al-Majid, a cousin of Saddam Hussein who was known as "Chemical Ali, are convicted and sentenced to death for carrying out the murder of about 50,000 Kurds in 1988-what was called the Anfal campaign

Role range: 2003-2003

Kurds

Warfare / Gulf War, 2nd

Three Iraqi army officials, including Ali Hassan al-Majid, a cousin of Saddam Hussein who was known as "Chemical Ali, are convicted and sentenced to death for carrying out the murder of about 50,000 Kurds in 1988-what was called the Anfal campaign

Role range: 2003-2003

Trial

Warfare / Gulf War, 2nd

Three Iraqi army officials, including Ali Hassan al-Majid, a cousin of Saddam Hussein who was known as "Chemical Ali, are convicted and sentenced to death for carrying out the murder of about 50,000 Kurds in 1988-what was called the Anfal campaign

Role range: 2003-2003

2010

Chemical Ali

Halabja · Warfare / Gulf War, 2nd

Nicknamed "Chemical Ali" in the region, al-Majid is part of the group of leader who are deemed responsible for the deaths of approximately 180,000 Kurds in the Iraq War, a devastation many call genocide

Role range: 2003-2003

Execution

Warfare / Gulf War, 2nd

Ali Hassan al-Majid, cousin of and former aid to Sadaam Hussein, is executed in Iraq for his role in the poison-gas attack of the village of Halabja, where 5,000 Kurds were killed

Role range: 2003-2003

Kurds

Warfare / Gulf War, 2nd

Ali Hassan al-Majid, cousin of and former aid to Sadaam Hussein, is executed in Iraq for his role in the poison-gas attack of the village of Halabja, where 5,000 Kurds were killed

Role range: 2003-2003

Kurds

Halabja · Warfare / Gulf War, 2nd

Nicknamed "Chemical Ali" in the region, al-Majid is part of the group of leader who are deemed responsible for the deaths of approximately 180,000 Kurds in the Iraq War, a devastation many call genocide. Ali Hassan al-Majid, cousin of and former aid to Sadaam Hussein, is executed in Iraq for his role in the poison-gas attack of the village of Halabja, where 5,000 Kurds were killed

Role range: 2003-2003

Massacre

Halabja · Warfare / Gulf War, 2nd

Nicknamed "Chemical Ali" in the region, al-Majid is part of the group of leader who are deemed responsible for the deaths of approximately 180,000 Kurds in the Iraq War, a devastation many call genocide. Ali Hassan al-Majid, cousin of and former aid to Sadaam Hussein, is executed in Iraq for his role in the poison-gas attack of the village of Halabja, where 5,000 Kurds were killed

Role range: 2003-2003

Records, sources and methodology

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