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Event: Halabja attack

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New death sentence for 'Chemical Ali'

Saddam Hussein’s notorious cousin “Chemical Ali” was convicted today of crimes against humanity, receiving a death sentence for his involvement in one of the worst poison gas attacks ever against civilians – one of several he faces.

Sun, 17 Jan, 2010

Saddam faces genocide charges

IRAQI authorities yesterday filed genocide charges against Saddam Hussein, accusing him and six co-defendants in the 1980s crackdown that killed an estimated 100,000 Kurds.

Wed, 05 Apr, 2006

Riot marks 18th anniversary of chemical attack on Kurds

Nearly 2,000 angry Kurdish demonstrators today went on a rampage and badly damaged a monument to the 5,000 people killed in the poison gas attack on Halabja by Saddam Hussein’s army in Iraq 18 years ago.

Thu, 16 Mar, 2006

Dutchman accused of selling Iraq chemicals

A DUTCH businessman accused of complicity in war crimes and genocide for selling chemicals to Iraq knew Saddam Hussein would use them for poison gas attacks, prosecutors said yesterday.

Sat, 19 Mar, 2005

Dutchman faces war crime charge for Saddam supply

Prosecutors today said they will charge a 62-year-old Dutchman as an accomplice to genocide and other war crimes for supplying Saddam Hussein’s regime with lethal chemicals that were used in the 1988 chemical attack on the Kurdish town of Halabja.

Tue, 07 Dec, 2004

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