Death penalty demanded for Saddam's cousin

Saddam Hussein's cousin and four other former regime officials deserve the death penalty for crimes against humanity during a 1980s crackdown on Kurds, an Iraqi prosecutor said today.

Death penalty demanded for Saddam's cousin

Saddam Hussein's cousin and four other former regime officials deserve the death penalty for crimes against humanity during a 1980s crackdown on Kurds, an Iraqi prosecutor said today.

He asked for a sixth defendant to be released in the so-called Anfal trial in Baghdad, whose defendants include Ali Hassan al-Majid, also known as "Chemical Ali," who allegedly ordered poison gas attacks against the Kurds.

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