Iraq says Saddam's cousin 'Chemical Ali' executed

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Iraq says Saddam's cousin 'Chemical Ali' executed

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By The Canadian Press

BAGHDAD - Saddam Hussein's notorious cousin " Chemical Ali " has been executed,

about a week after being sentenced to death for the poison gas attacks that

killed more than 5,000 Kurds in 1988.

News of the hanging came shortly after three suicide car bombs struck downtown

Baghdad. It was not immediately clear whether the attacks were linked the

execution of Ali Hassan al-Majid.

Government spokesman Ali al-Dabbagh confirmed the execution took place.

Al-Majid was convicted last week for ordering the poison gas to be dropped on

the Kurdish town of Halabja in 1988 as part of a campaign against a Kurdish

uprising.

It was the fourth death sentence against him for crimes against humanity.