Nearly seven years after his capture, Ali Hassan al-Majid, a notorious henchman of Saddam Hussein’s known as Chemical Ali, was executed Jan. 25. An Iraqi court had sentenced the former general, 68, to ...

Ali Hassan al-Majid, the infamous cousin of Saddam Hussein known as "Chemical Ali," was executed this morning by the Iraqi government. As an official in Saddam's government, al-Majid oversaw several ...

Associated Press BASRA, Iraq ? Ali Hassan al-Majid, one of the most brutal members of President Saddam Hussein?s inner circle, was apparently killed by an airstrike on his house in Basra, British ...

A museum depicting the atrocities and other crimes committed during the Saddam Hussein era in Iraq is scheduled to open in the Green Zone next year. The commencement of the war crimes trial for former ...

BAGHDAD - Even in Saddam Hussein's ruthless regime, "Chemical Ali" stood apart, notable for his role in gassing 5,000 people in a Kurdish village - the deadliest chemical weapons attack ever against ...

[JURIST] Ali Hassan al-Majid – Saddam Hussein's cousin known to the Western media as "Chemical Ali" [BBC profile; JURIST news archive] – and two other Hussein regime officials received death sentences ...

[JURIST] US authorities have delivered Ali Hassan al-Majid [BBC profile; JURIST news archive], better known in Western media as "Chemical Ali," to a location near a prison gallows in Baghdad where he ...

BAGHDAD, June 16 (UPI) -- Ali Hassan al-Majid, known as "Chemical Ali," denied at a war crimes tribunal in Baghdad shooting unarmed protesters during a 1991 Shiite uprising in Basra. Majid faced the ...

His nickname alone is enough to make many Iraqis shudder, which is not to mention the gruesome memories of how he came by it: overseeing the deadly gassing of thousands of Iraqi Kurds in 1988. So it’s ...

Ali Hassan-al Majid, also known as "Chemical Ali," is in U.S. custody. U.S. officials recently learned he surived the April airstrike that was thought to have killed him. Ranked No. 5 on the list of ...

The former senior Iraqi official known as "Chemical Ali" is in U.S. custody, the Defense Department says. U.S. officials initially said Ali Hassan al-Majid had been killed in an April airstrike, but ...

In this U.S. Army image, Ali Hassan al-Majid, the former Iraqi official known as ‘Chemical Ali,’ is shown on the deck of cards given to soldiers. AP FILE PHOTO BAGHDAD — Saddam Hussein’s cousin Ali ...