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Chemical Ali to be hanged in Kurdistan
27.6.2007
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Officials say those sentenced to die in Kurdish
crackdown will be hanged in Kurdistan
June
27, 2007
BAGHDAD, -- Saddam Hussein's cousin Ali
Hassan al-Majid and two other regime officials
sentenced to death in the 1987-88 crackdown against
Kurds will probably be hanged in Kurdistan if the
appeals court upholds their sentences, an Iraqi
official said Tuesday.
The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity
because he was not supposed to release the
information to the media, said no final decision had
been taken but the executions would probably take
place in either Erbil or Halabja.
Also sentenced to death were Sultan Hashim Ahmad
al-Tai, the former defense minister who led the
Iraqi delegation at the cease-fire talks that ended
the 1991 Gulf War, and Hussein Rashid Mohammed, a
former deputy director of operations for the Iraqi
armed forces.
They were convicted Sunday of genocide,
war crimes and crimes against humanity for their
roles in "Operation Anfal," a crackdown on
Iranian-backed Kurdish rebels during the final years
of the Iran-Iraq war.
The prosecution said up to 182,000 Kurds — including
women and children — died in chemical weapons
attacks, artillery barrages and mass deportations.. |
Ali Hassan al-Majid, first cousin of executed
dictator Saddam Hussein and also known as 'Chemical
Ali' sentenced to death over Kurdish genocide, AP |
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Two other defendants were sentenced to life in
prison for their roles in the crackdown and one was
acquitted for lack of evidence.
Death sentences are automatically appealed, and the
appellate court faces no time limit in reviewing
cases. If the sentences are upheld, executions are
supposed to take place within 30 days.
Saddam was among the defendants when the trial began
Aug. 21. But he was hanged in Baghdad on Dec. 30 for
his part in the deaths of more than 140 Shiite
Muslims in Dujail.
Iraq's government is dominated by Shiites and Kurds.
AP
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