Chemical Ali execution approved
29/02/2008 13:07  - (SA)  

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Baghdad - Iraq's presidency has approved the execution of Chemical Ali, executed dictator Saddam Hussein's most notorious henchman, a top Iraqi official said on Friday on condition of anonymity.

"The presidency has approved Chemical Ali's execution," the official said, adding the timing of the actual execution is still not decided.

Ali Hassan al-Majid, the former defence minister, was nicknamed Chemical Ali after he ordered gas attacks on Iraqi Kurds in the 1980s.

He was convicted on genocide charges over the slaughter and initially sentenced to death in June last year.

- AFP

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