&#39;Chemical Ali&#39; Opens New Stage in Iraq Trials
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Saddam Hussein&#39;s cousin and feared lieutenant Ali Hassan al-Majid, known as &quot;Chemical Ali,&quot; and former defense minister Sultan Hashem appeared before an investigating magistrate on Saturday, an Iraqi judge said.
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BAGHDAD: War crimes trials against Saddam Hussein and his closest lieutenants moved forward yesterday when his feared cousin known as &quot;Chemical Ali&quot; was the first to face a formal interview with the chief investigating magistrate.
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The former general known as "Chemical Ali," notorious for allegedly gassing thousands of Kurds, looked haggard and leaned on a cane in a court Saturday as Iraq's U.S.-backed government speeded the pace of legal proceedings against Saddam Hussein's henchmen before next month's critical elections.
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BAGHDAD, Iraq A government official in Baghdad says the man known as &quot;Chemical Ali&quot; will be among the first figures from Saddam Hussein&#39;s former regime to be brought to court next week, in advance of their trials.
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Ali Hassan al-Majid, one of Saddam Hussein&#39;s most feared deputies, better known as &quot;Chemical Ali&quot;, will be the first leader of the former regime to be tried for war crimes, Iraq&#39;s defence minister says.
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Iraqi officials plan to make one of the highest-profile figures in Saddam Hussein&#39;s regime - Ali Hassan al-Majid, called &quot;Chemical Ali&quot; by the West â-he first person to be tried for war crimes.
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There&#39;s speculation some of the former leader&#39;s top aides, to be tried first, will testify against him. BAGHDAD -- Saddam Hussein met a defence lawyer yesterday for the first time since his capture a year
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Iraqi interim Prime Minister Iyad Allawi says war crimes trials involving the inner circle of former leader Saddam Hussein are to begin next week.
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The trial of Saddam Hussein for   genocide against Kurds resumed on Thursday in a central Baghdad   courtroom, with a witness taking the stand to describe how his   village was attacked in 1988 by artillery and warplanes.
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BAGHDAD, Iraq -- Iraqi judges have started interrogating Saddam Hussein&#39;s former defense minister and the notorious general known as Chemical Ali, who is accused of gassing thousands of Kurds in the 1980s, the head judge in charge of investigating
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Saddam Hussein&#39;s former deputy, Ali Hassan al-Majid - widely known as Chemical Ali - has been questioned by Iraqi judges in a pre-trial hearing.
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Preparations to put Saddam Hussein on trial intensified on Thursday with a first meeting between the ousted Iraqi president and a member of the defence team appointed by his family.
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known as &quot;Chemical Ali&quot; being the first to face a formal interview with the chief investigating magistrate. power three decades ago.
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War crimes trials against senior lieutenants of Saddam Hussein will start in Baghdad next week, says the interim Iraqi Prime Minister, Iyad Allawi.
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War crimes trials will begin next week for some of Saddam Hussein&#39;s most senior deputies, Iraq&#39;s prime minister, Ayad Allawi, said yesterday.
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Saddam Hussein&#039;s eight-month-old trial entered its final phase on Monday, when prosecutors began closing arguments.
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A new legal chapter opens Monday for Saddam Hussein when the ousted Iraqi leader goes on trial for a second time, charged with genocide and war crimes from his scorched-earth offensive against Kurds nearly two decades ago.