Ali Hassan al-Majeed, an Iraqi general who became known as "Chemical Ali" for ordering poison-gas attacks on Kurdish civilians, was hanged Monday in Baghdad after a special tribunal handed him his ...

An Iraqi court on Sunday sentenced to death Saddam Hussein’s cousin, widely known as ”Chemical Ali”, for masterminding a genocidal campaign against Iraq’s ethnic Kurds in the 1980s. A tired-looking ...

BAGHDAD -- The Saddam Hussein henchman known as "Chemical Ali" for gassing thousands of Kurdish civilians is due to hang within the month, following the endorsement of his death sentence Friday by ...

BAGHDAD (AP) – An Iraqi court on Sunday sentenced Saddam Hussein’s cousin known as “Chemical Ali” and two other former regime officials to death by hanging for their roles in a 1980s scorched-earth ...

After months of delay, there is news today that the Iraqi government finally gave the go ahead for the execution of the man known as Chemical Ali. After months of delay, there is news today that the ...

WASHINGTON (AP) -- One of Saddam Hussein's most notorious henchmen, a senior general nicknamed "Chemical Ali," is in U.S. custody and will be interrogated to see if he has any knowledge of guerrilla ...

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 ...

BAGHDAD -- The Iraqi government is refusing to execute the Saddam Hussein henchman and cousin known as "Chemical Ali" unless the death sentences of two other Saddam-era officials also are approved.