Former Saddam officials deny Kurdish killings
Six former officials in Saddam Hussein’s Iraq regime today denied crimes against humanity for a crackdown on Kurds in the 1980s.
The defendants – including Ali Hassan al-Majid, also known as “Chemical Ali” for allegedly ordering poison gas attacks – gave their response after the chief judge read various charges relating to the campaign, code-named Operation Anfal, which killed an estimated 100,000 Kurds.
