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Ali Hassan al-Majid, known in the Western media as "Chemical Ali" , told the Iraqi High Tribunal Thursday that he did not use or issue an order to use chemical weapons against Kurdish rebels in the late 1980s....

The Iraqi High Tribunal heard closing arguments Sunday from defense lawyers in the genocide trial of Ali Hassan al-Majid and other former officials in the Saddam Hussein [JURIST...

Dutch prosecutors Monday sought to introduce documents from the ongoing genocide trial of Saddam-era Iraqi officials for the gassing deaths of Kurds in the so-called "Anfal" campaign to oppose an appeal...

Iraqi prosecutors Monday sought the death penalty for Ali Hassan al-Majid , the cousin of Saddam Hussein known to Western media as "Chemical Ali" for allegedly using poisonous gas to clear Kurdish...

Minutes after the Iraqi High Tribunal resumed proceedings Sunday in the Anfal trial it adjourned the proceeding after a prosecution request for more time. The trial is expected to begin again...

Former Saddam-era deputy prime minister Tariq Aziz , brought before the Iraqi High Tribunal Monday to testify against six defendants accused of genocide in the Anfal trial ,...

Prosecutors in the ongoing genocide trial of Saddam-era officials before the Iraqi High Tribunal introduced a videotape Sunday of executions and destruction of Kurdish homes during the "Anfal" campaigns [HRW backgrounder;...

Former Baathist military operations officer Rashid Hussein Mohammed claimed during his genocide trial before the Iraqi High Tribunal Thursday that he was just defending his country against Iran during the Anfal campaign of the...

Ali Hassan al-Majid , the cousin of Saddam Hussein also known to the Western media as "Chemical Ali," insisted before the Iraqi High Tribunal Monday that he should not be...

Ali Hassan al-Majid , the cousin of Saddam Hussein also known to the Western media as "Chemical Ali," unapologetically admitted in court Sunday that he gave orders for the destruction of dozens Kurdish villages and...