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.