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	'Chemical Ali' denies role in executions - Boston.com
		Saddam Hussein's cousin Ali Hassan al-Majid told a court Thursday he ordered the displacement of Kurds from their villages in northern Iraq in the 1980s but denied claims that he executed hundreds of Kurdish fighters.
		Saddam Hussein's cousin Ali Hassan al-Majid, known as "Chemical Ali" for his alleged use of chemical weapons against Iraqi Kurds, listens to prosecution evidence during the Operation Anfal trial, in Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, Jan. 8, 2007.
		Al-Majid, known as "Chemical Ali" for allegedly using chemical weapons against the Kurds, is one of six defendants who still face charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity stemming from a military campaign code-named Operation Anfal during the 1980-88 Iran-Iraq war.
	www.boston.com /news/world/middleeast/articles/2007/01/11/chemical_ali_denies_role_in_executions (372 words)

	The Death and Resurrection of "Chemical Ali": Part II - A BuzzFlash News Analysis
		CIA officials told ABC News that Taha Yasin Ramadan, Izzat Ibrahim al-Douri, and Ali Hassan al-Majid, known as Chemical Ali, are thought to be victims of the opening salvo of the war.
		Ali Hassan al-Majid, dubbed Chemical Ali by opponents of the Iraqi regime for ordering a poison gas attack that killed thousands of Kurds, has reportedly been found dead.
		Iraqi General Ali Hassan al-Majid, a cousin of Saddam Hussein better known as "Chemical Ali", may be alive, according to US military officials.
	www.buzzflash.com /analysis/03/08/23_ali.html (1348 words)

	Allied troops look for Chemical Ali
		Ali Hassan Al-Majeed, also known as Chemical Ali, is blamed for a series of chemical attacks in 1988 on the Kurds in northern Iraq, which killed 100,000 people.
		Al-Majeed, a first cousin of Saddam, gained notoriety as 'Chemical Ali' after the 1988 massacre in the town of Halabja, where an estimated 5,000 Kurds were gassed.
		i believe chemical ali was the governor general of occupied kuwait in 1990.
	www.rediff.com /us/2003/apr/01iraq7.htm (540 words)

	Telegraph \| News \| 'Chemical Ali' outlived death reports
		"Chemical Ali", a mass killer and one of the great survivors of Saddam Hussein's Iraq, even outlived reports of his own death, it emerged yesterday when his capture was revealed.
		Ali Hassan al-Majid, a feared cousin of Saddam and No 5 - the King of Spades - in America's "most wanted" list, was reported killed in the early stages of the war in Iraq.
		American military officials were reluctant to pronounce him dead although, under pressure from the British, Donald Rumsfeld, the defence secretary, eventually conceded that he believed "the reign of terror of Chemical Ali has come to an end".
	www.prisonplanet.com /chemical_ali_outlived_death_reports.htm (609 words)

	USATODAY.com - Iraq tribunal probes 'Chemical Ali' on killings of thousands (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		BAGHDAD (AP) — Saddam Hussein's cousin, known as "Chemical Ali," two of Saddam's half-brothers and Iraq's former vice president were brought before a judge for questioning about the killing of Shiites, Kurds and other political opponents, a videotape showed Monday.
		Ali Hassan al-Majid al-Tikriti, also known as "Chemical Ali," was questioned about the deaths of thousands in an undisclosed location.
		Al-Majid, nicknamed "Chemical Ali" for his alleged role in a 1988 chemical attack on the northern Kurdish village of Halabja that killed about 5,000: "From 1987 to 1989, I was in charge of northern affairs and from 1991 to 1995, I was the minister of defense."
	www.usatoday.com /news/world/iraq/2005-07-25-chemical-ali_x.htm (523 words)

	Trial Watch : Ali Hassan al-Majid al-Tikriti (Chemical Ali)
		Ali Hassan al-Majid was born in Tikrit in 1941, the eldest son of Hassan al-Majid, a full brother to Saddam Hussein's father.
		He was called Chemical Ali and the Butcher of Kurdistan for allegedly ordering a poison gas attack in 1988 that killed thousands of Kurds (the Halabja poison gas attack).
		Ali Hassan had been thought mistakenly to have died in April 2003, after a coalition attack on his house in Basra, following the US-led invasion of Iraq in that year.
	www.trial-ch.org /en/trial-watch/profile/db/facts/ali_hassan-al-majid-al-tikriti_63.html (517 words)

	Chemical Ali faces Iraq hearing - Breaking News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Once regarded as one of Saddam Hussein's most feared cohorts, the general who gained notoriety as Chemical Ali for the gassing of thousands of Kurds has faced a judge, looking haggard in the first investigative hearings of former Baath regime members.
		The appearance of both Ali Hassan al-Majid and Saddam's last defence minister at the tribunal session - which was closed to the press - marked the start of a series of interrogatory hearings that will lead to eventual full trials of Iraq's one-time leaders.
		Al-Majid - who earned his nickname of Chemical Ali for his alleged use of chemical weapons against Kurds and others in the 1980s - appeared haggard in a video released after the interrogation.
	www.theage.com.au - !http: //www.theage.com.au/news/World/Chemical-Ali-faces-Iraq-hearings/2004/12/19/1103391612103.html (1116 words)

	Chemical Ali in His Own Words (Human Rights Watch, April 7, 2003)
		The following are selected remarks by Ali Hassan al-Majid, Secretary General of the Ba'ath Party's Northern Bureau, from a number of meetings with senior Ba'ath officials in 1988 and 1989.
		I will not attack them with chemicals just one day, but I will continue to attack them with chemicals for fifteen days.
		I will not mention the name of the chemical because that is classified information.
	www.hrw.org /campaigns/iraq/chemicalali.htm (899 words)

	Ali Hassan al Majid
		Ali Hasan Al-Majeed [Ali Hassan al Majid], the infamous "Chemical Ali," is Saddam's cousin and was the governor of the south of Iraq.
		Saddam Hussein's chemical weapons attack on Halabja was not an isolated incident.
		Geral Ali Hasan al-Majid "Chemical Ali" was captured by Coalition forces on or about 19 August 2003 and was taken into the custody of Coalition Forces.
	www.globalsecurity.org /military/world/iraq/majeed.htm (376 words)

	Breaking News English: “Chemical Ali” trial process starts (December 19, 2004)
		Ali Hassan al-Majid (his real name) is the first of eleven members of Saddam’s regime to stand trial for war crimes and crimes against humanity.
		Ali arrived at the court in handcuffs and surrounded by policemen.
		Ali Hassan al-Majid (his real name) is the first of eleven members of Saddam’s regime to stand trial for war __________ and crimes against humanity.
	www.breakingnewsenglish.com /0412/19.chemicalAliTrial.html (1567 words)

	Worldandnation: U.S.: 'Chemical Ali' is not dead, he's prisoner
		U.S.: 'Chemical Ali' is not dead, he's prisoner
		Ali Hassan al-Majid, a cousin and trusted adviser of Saddam Hussein who earned the nickname "Chemical Ali" after ordering a poison gas attack to suppress a Kurdish uprising in 1988, has been captured, the U.S. military said Thursday.
		In another incident that still shocks many Iraqis, Majid is remembered for overseeing the 1996 killing of two of Hussein's sons-in-law after they fled to Jordan and tried to defect but were lured back to Baghdad - and their deaths.
	www.sptimes.com /2003/08/22/news_pf/Worldandnation/US___Chemical_Ali__is.shtml (1143 words)

	Chemical Ali questioned \| Special reports \| Guardian Unlimited
		Iraqi judges have started interrogating Saddam Hussein's former defence minister and the notorious general known as Chemical Ali, who is accused of gassing thousands of Kurds in the 1980s.
		Al-Juhyi did not specify the charges that al-Majid faced, but the former general is accused of ordering the 1988 Halabja chemical weapons attacks that killed thousands of Kurds, the 1990 invasion of Kuwait and suppressing a 1991 Shiite uprising in southern Iraq.
		Ahmad surrendered to US forces in September 2003 at a coalition military base in Mosul, but was not considered to be a war crimes suspect and many had expected that he would be freed after being questioned.
	www.guardian.co.uk /Iraq/Story/0,2763,1376715,00.html (579 words)

	'Chemical Ali' taped tortures, says Iraqi - The Washington Times: World (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		LONDON — Ali Hassan al-Majid, better known as "Chemical Ali," who was captured with his bodyguards in Iraq yesterday, videotaped torture sessions he had ordered as a means of enforcing loyalty to Saddam Hussein.
		Chemical Ali was governor of Kuwait for three months late in 1990, and the reinstalled Kuwaiti leadership holds documents purportedly showing direct orders by al-Majid for deportations and executions.
		His sobriquet, Chemical Ali, stemmed from the estimated 5,000 people found gassed to death in agonized positions throughout the Kurdish-Iraqi village of Halabja.
	www.washtimes.com /world/20030821-105244-2160r.htm (517 words)

	PhpWiki - Chemical Ali
		During the lead up to the war it was one of the favorite stories of the Bush administration and every media network and journalist across the political spectrum repeated the charges as justification for the hate-campaign against Hussein and others under his command.
		Incidentally, there is still no evidence that any Iraqi Kurds died of gas ordered by "Chemical Ali," a nickname cooked up by the same propagandists at the Pentagon who made "Ali" the king of spades in its deck of cards.
		Iraq used chemical weapons to try to kill Iranians who had seized the town, which is in northern Iraq not far from the Iranian border.
	www.pnews.org /PhpWiki/index.php/ChemicalAli (1406 words)

	Geostrategy-Direct.com: Dossier: Ali Hassan Al Majid - Saddam's enforcer: 'Chemical Ali' thrives on genocide - November ...
		To ordinary Iraqis, he is "Chemical Ali," the man who loves to gas his own people or anybody that gets in his or Saddam's way.
		Ali's war crimes record began in 1983 when he was ordered to avenge an assassination attempt against Saddam.
		In a May 26, 1988 meeting, Chemical Ali made it clear that chemical weapons attacks on the Kurds and other opponents of the regime is his preferred method.
	www.geostrategy-direct.com /geostrategy-direct/dos.html (1006 words)

	Chemical Ali: Alive And Held, Saddam Cousin, Major War Crimes Suspect, Was Once Thought Killed - CBS News
		Ali Hasan Al-Majid was No. 5 on the list of Most Wanted Iraqis and the king of spades in the so-called "deck of cards." A cousin of Saddam's, he earned his nickname for gassing Kurdish villages in the eighties.
		Asked Thursday if Chemical Ali was behind recent attacks in Iraq, Abizaid said al-Majid appeared to have been playing some distant role in the insurgency.
		Iraq's "Chemical Ali," one of the most notorious members of Saddam Hussein's inner circle, was in U.S. custody, reports David Martin.
	www.cbsnews.com /stories/2003/04/07/iraq/main548099.shtml (1162 words)

	Ali Hassan al-Majid - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Ali Hassan al-Majid (Arabic: علي حسن المجيد) (born 1941), is a former Iraqi official and commander.
		He has been called Chemical Ali and the Butcher of Kurdistan for his role in leading the al-Anfal Campaign during which he allegedly ordered a chemical weapons attack on the Kurdish town of Halabja that killed thousands of Kurds (see Halabja poison gas attack).
		In this role in which he took the title 'Commander of the Southern Region' he violently repressed a 1999 revolt against Saddam's regime which, according to a recent Human Rights Watch report, resulted in the death of hundreds of young Shiite men and their burial in mass graves around Basra.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Ali_Hassan_al-Majid (762 words)

	"Chemical Ali" says ordered executions in villages - Boston.com
		Saddam Hussein's cousin told a court trying him for genocide on Thursday he had ordered troops to "execute" all those who ignored government orders to leave villages during a military operation against Kurds in 1988.
		Ali Hassan al-Majeed, Saddam Hussein's cousin, discusses prosecution evidence during the "Anfal" genocide trial in Baghdad January 8, 2007.
		Majeed, on trial with five other former senior Baath party officials for their roles in the 1988 Anfal (Spoil of War) military campaign, spoke out after prosecutors played tapes they said were of him talking about the need to purge "Kurdish saboteurs" from villages.
	www.boston.com /news/world/middleeast/articles/2007/01/11/chemical_ali_says_ordered_kurd_villages_cleared (513 words)

	FOXNews.com - 'Chemical Ali' Captured in Iraq - U.S. & World
		Ali Hassan al-Majid al-Tikriti (search), a first cousin of former Iraqi strongman Saddam Hussein and a powerful Baath Party (search) official linked to some of the regime's most brutal acts, is the King of Spades and No. 5 in the U.S. Army's deck of "Most Wanted" playing cards.
		Ali has also been linked to crackdowns on Shiites in southern Iraq, and was governor of Kuwait for part of Iraq's seven-month occupation of the emirate in 1990-1991.
		Ali also was part of the "Jihaz Haneen," or "apparatus of yearning," the secret intelligence organization Saddam formed inside the Baath to eliminate rivals and traitors and carry out assassinations.
	www.foxnews.com /story/0,2933,95314,00.html (1134 words)

	Who Was Ali Hassan Al-Majid ("Chemical Ali") ? (Human Rights Watch, 7-4-2003)
		Al-Majid was widely known in Iraq as "Chemical Ali" for his repeated use of outlawed chemical warfare, as documented in the Human Rights Watch book on that campaign, Genocide In Iraq: The Anfal Campaign Against the Kurds.
		The Anfal campaign, under al-Majid's command, resulted in the murder and "disappearance" of some 100,000 noncombatants, the use of chemical weapons against noncombatants in dozens of locations, and the near-total destruction of family and community assets, including agricultural and other infrastructure, throughout the rural Kurdish areas.
		Ali Hassan al-Majid was subsequently in charge of Iraq's military occupation of Kuwait and led forces that suppressed the popular uprising in the south of the country in March 1991.
	www.hrw.org /press/2003/04/iraq040703.htm (613 words)

	'Chemical Ali' believed killed by U.S.
		Saddam Hussein's cousin — the notorious "Chemical Ali" — and two other top Iraqi leaders are believed to have been killed in the U.S. "decapitation attack" in Baghdad, according to a broadcast report.
		This was all part of Operation Anfal (meaning 'the spoils'), which saw the widespread use of chemical weapons against the Kurds in northern Iraq.
		Saddam Hussein's chemical weapons attack on Halabja, a predominantly Kurdish city in northeastern Iraq.
	www.globalsecurity.org /org/news/2003/030321-chemical-ali01.htm (442 words)

	usnews.com: Conflict With Iraq: Chemical Ali is dead ... or is he? (4/7/03)
		Ali Hassan al-Majid, one of Saddam Hussein's top henchmen and the man who allegedly masterminded the 1988 chemical attack against the Kurds, had been killed that night when Marine jets struck his home in Amarah.
		And since then, Chemical Ali has remained a slippery figure–eluding at least two more attempts by coalition forces to capture or kill him.
		At Marine headquarters, most officers are reserving their judgment until they have caught Chemical Ali alive or have DNA proof of his death.
	www.usnews.com /usnews/news/iraq/articles/ali030407.htm (758 words)

	CNN.com - U.S.: 'Chemical Ali' in custody - Aug. 21, 2003
		Ali Hassan al-Majid, known as 'Chemical Ali,' is in U.S. custody.
		Ali Hassan al-Majid, known as "Chemical Ali," a cousin of Saddam Hussein and the man thought to have ordered the 1988 chemical attack on Kurds, is in U.S. custody, the U.S. military said Thursday.
		So far, nearly four months after President Bush announced the end of the major phase of the war, such weaponry the Bush administration claims was harbored by Saddam has not been found.
	www.cnn.com /2003/WORLD/meast/08/21/sprj.irq.main/index.html (909 words)

	Chemical Ali faces tribunal - Iraq - Features - In Depth - theage.com.au
		Saddam Hussein's notorious cousin, Ali Hassan al-Majid, better known as Chemical Ali, was one of eight former regime officials who has been shown on a tape released by the Iraqi Special Tribunal.
		There is no audio on the tape except for when the men say their names.
		Majid is known as Chemical Ali for his role in poison gas attacks against Iraq's Kurdish minority, including the 1988 gassing of the Kurdish town of Halabja that killed an estimated 5000 people.
	www.theage.com.au /news/iraq/chemical-ali-faces-tribunal/2005/06/20/1119250926865.html (424 words)

	Halabjans ponder Chemical Ali trial (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Many chemical attack victims say its mastermind should be tried and executed in Halabja, but others want him to confront consequences of his actions.
		Both Hama-Saeed and her brother were half-blinded by the poisonous gas attack, and their mother died of a cancer they relate directly too the chemical doses they received.
		“Chemical Ali should be kept in a jail where he can see the graveyard and the destroyed streets of our town,” she said.
	www.kurdmedia.com /news.asp?id=6012 (589 words)

	[ War in Iraq ]
		Ali Hassan al-Majid, who was first thought killed on 5 April by a coalition bomb at his home in Al-Basrah, was said by the Pentagon on 21 August to be in U.S. custody.
		What began as arbitrary arrests and detentions against Kurds in the north, led to the forced resettlement and destruction of approximately 2,000 Kurdish and 150 Assyrian villages in 1987-88.
		During the campaign, some 280 villages were gassed, and the campaign's brutality led to al-Majid being dubbed "Chemical Ali" (http://www.hrw.org/).
	www.rferl.org /specials/iraqcrisis/chem_ali.asp (520 words)

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