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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
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
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
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