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BAGHDAD, March 5 (KUNA) -- The American Army declared on Wednesday that it
would hand over to the Iraqi Government the notorious convict, Ali Hassan
Al-Majid, also widely known as "chemical Ali" for spearheading massacres
against Iraqi kurds with chemical agents.
The official spokesman of the Multi-National Force said at a news
conference that the Iraqi Government has not requested the handover of the
convict for execution, in line with a recent approval of the presidency of a
court death sentence.
On March 1, Iraqi Vice-President Tareq al-Hashimi said the Iraqi Presidency
had unanimously approved the execution of Ali Hassan Al-Majid, better known as
Chemical Ali.
But it has decided to delay the hanging of other defendants Sultan Hashim
and Hussein Rashid, al-Hahimi Office said in a release.
Chemical Ali was condemned to death for genocide charges for killing 100,
000 people during the 1988 Anfal campaign against the Kurds in northern Iraq.
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