25-01-10 Iraq executes ‘Chemical Ali’

Iraq has executed Ali Hassan al-Majeed,the Saddam Hussein henchman widely known as ‘Chemical Ali.’ Majeed had been sentenced to death several times in separate trials,the latest earlier this month for a gas attack in 1988 that killed about 5,000 Kurds.He was a cousin of the late Iraqi President who was himself executed in December 2006.Majeed earned his nickname because of his use of poison gas.