Saddam's cousin 'Chemical Ali' to be tried in Iraq

Saddam Hussein’s cousin known as “Chemical Ali” and 14 other defendants will face charges over the brutal crushing of a Shiite uprising after the 1991 Gulf War next week when Iraq’s third trial against former regime officials gets under way.

Prosecutor Jaafar al-Moussawi said the trial would begin on August 21 and Ali Hassan al-Majid, Saddam’s cousin and the former defence minister, would be among the defendants while he awaits a decision on his death sentence appeal in a separate case.