"Chemical Ali" sentenced to death by Iraq court

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(Top L-R) Ali Hassan al-Majid, also known as "Chemical Ali" and his co-defendants Sabir al-Duri, Sultan Hashim al-Tai, (Bottom L-R) Taher al-Ani, Farhan al-Juburi and Hussein Rashid al-Tikriti during the "Anfal" genocide trial in Baghdad in December 2006 and January 2007. An Iraqi court is to decide on Sunday whether to execute five former aides of hanged dictator Saddam Hussein, including the notorious "Chemical Ali," over the mass killing of Kurds in 1988. An Iraqi court has condemned "Chemical Ali" to death by hanging for genocide over the systematic slaughter of ethnic Kurds in 1988.(AFP/File/Darko Vojinovic/ Nikola Solic)

Editor:Du Xiaodan