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Agence France-PresseJudgement day for 'Chemical Ali' over Kurdish genocide
by Jay Deshmukh
BAGHDAD (AFP) - An Iraqi court is to deliver its verdict on Sunday against six former aides of executed dictator Saddam Hussein, including the notorious "Chemical Ali," over the mass killing of 182,000 Kurds in 1988.
The Iraqi High Tribunal -- set up to try former regime officials -- will pass judgement on the accused for the brutal military campaign known as Anfal in northern Iraq in which nearly 3,000 villages were razed to the ground.
The sentencing hearing opened with chief Judge Mohammed al-Oreibi al-Khalifah calling on the six defendants one by one.
The most prominent defendant is Ali Hassan al-Majid, a cousin of Saddam who is widely known as "Chemical Ali" for allegedly ordering chemical gas strikes against Kurdish villages.
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