BAGHDAD, Iraq – Former Iraqi general Ali Hassan al-Majeed also known as Chemical Ali has been sentenced to death for the second time. Al-Majeed already faces the death sentence for the Anfal campaign which included an attack with poisonous gas and chemical agents that killed 5,000 people earning al-Majeed his nickname. Al-Majeed was sentenced this time for his role in suppressing a 1991 Shiite Muslim uprising against his cousin, former dictator Saddam Hussein.
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