"Chemical Ali" sentenced to hang
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Saddam Hussein's cousin, widely known as "Chemical Ali", was sentenced on Sunday to hang for masterminding a genocidal military campaign that used poison gas against Iraq's Kurds in the 1980s.
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A former policeman who killed his terminally ill wife in an abortive suicide pact is given a suspended sentence.
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An Iraqi court on Sunday sentenced Saddam Hussein's cousin known as "Chemical Ali" and two other former regime officials to death by hanging for their roles in a 1980s scorched-earth campaign that led to the deaths of 180,000 Kurds.
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ALEXANDRIA, Va.  - A prominent Muslim activist who admitted participating in a Libyan plot to assassinate Saudi Arabia's crown prince was sentenced Friday to the maximum 23 years in prison for illegal business dealings with Libya.
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The ringleader of a plot to behead a Muslim soldier in the British army "like a pig" and release a video of the murder to the media was jailed on Monday for at least 14 years.
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CAMP LIBERTY, Iraq, Oct. 19 -- A former U.S. commander at the Iraqi jail that held Saddam Hussein was acquitted Friday of aiding the enemy but received two years' imprisonment for convictions on other charges after pleading for leniency from the judge.
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A Yemeni court on Saturday sentenced one militant to death and 14 others to prison terms of three to 10 years on terror charges, according to local reports.
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The first American civilian to be charged with mistreating a detainee during the wars prompted by the Sept. 11 attacks was sentenced Tuesday to nearly 8 1/2 years in prison for beating a man in Afghanistan who later died.
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Ali Hasan al-Majid, known as Chemical Ali, will be the first leader of the former Iraqi regime to face charges for war crimes. He is accused of gassing up to 5,000 Kurds.
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Ahmad Shlash, Ezzo Hussein al-Hussein sentenced to death for being involved in bomb attack, firefight in Damascus. DAMASCUS - Two of 22 defendants accused of involvement in a bomb attack and firefight in the
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An Iranian man is sentenced to death for his role in the serial killings of 17 children and three adults.
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ISLAMABAD, DECEMBER 24: A military court had sentenced a soldier to death and sentenced another to 10 years in prison, for masterminding an assassination attempt on Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf last year, an Army spokesman said today.
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An Iraqi court on Sunday sentenced to death Saddam Hussein's cousin, widely known as Chemical Ali, for genocide against ethnic Kurds.
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Former member of the saddam Hussein government Ali Hassan al-Majid, also known as Chemical Ali, is seen in this Jan. 20, 2003 file photo in Beirut, Lebanon.
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A National Guardsman was sentenced on Friday to life in prison for trying to aid Al Qaeda. The soldier, Specialist Ryan G. Anderson, had been caught in a sting operation offering
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An Iraqi appeals court on Tuesday upheld the death sentence against Saddam Hussein's cousin, widely known as "Chemical Ali", for masterminding a genocidal campaign against Iraq's Kurds in the 1980s.
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An Indonesian court on Tuesday sentenced a Muslim militant to 10 years in jail for involvement in last year's bombing of a hotel, but acquitted him of helping plan the 2002 Bali attacks.