'Chemical Ali' is executed for Iraq genocide killings
SADDAM Hussein's notorious cousin "Chemical Ali" was executed today, an Iraqi government spokesman has announced.
He was hanged after having been convicted on 13 counts of killings and genocide, for poison gas attacks that killed more than 5,000 Kurds in 1988.
Ali Hassan al-Majid, who got his nickname from the gas attacks, was convicted a week ago of ordering the poison to be dropped on the Kurdish town of Halabja in 1988 as part of a campaign against an uprising.
It was the fourth death sentence against him for crimes against humanity.
Government spokesman Ali al-Dabbagh said: "The death sentence against Ali Hassan al-Majeed has been carried out."
Dabbagh said in a statement that Majeed was not subjected to any abuse during the execution, unlike when Saddam was hanged in December 2006.
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