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A file photograph dated January 8, 2007 shows Ali Hassan al-Majid, also known as
Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2010

Open quoteWe will receive Chemical Ali from the Americans in the next few days, and he will be executed very soon afterwards.Close quote

  • BUSHO IBRAHIM,
  • Iraqi Deputy Justice Minister, on the death sentence of Ali Hassan al-Majid, a.k.a. Chemical Ali, for his role in gassing more than 5,000 Kurds in 1988
Photo: Darko Vojinovic / AFP / Getty | Source: Guardian