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UPI Almanac for Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2012.
BAGHDAD, March 16 (UPI) -- Iraqi lawmakers on the 23rd anniversary of the gas massacres in Halabja said they would consider a resolution honoring the victims of the attack.
WASHINGTON, March 17 (UPI) -- The Kurdish government of Iraq marked the 22nd anniversary of the 1988 massacres in Halabja as a time for reflection and optimism, officials said in Washington.
BAGHDAD, Jan. 25 (UPI) -- Bombs rocked the Iraqi capital Monday as Saddam Hussein's cousin and former leader Ali Hassan al-Majid, or Chemical Ali, was hanged for crimes against humanity.
BAGHDAD, Jan. 25 (UPI) -- Saddam Hussein's cousin Ali Hassan al-Majid, known as Chemical Ali, was hanged Monday for gas attacks against Iraqi Kurds, authorities in Baghdad said.
BAGHDAD, Jan. 20 (UPI) -- The Iraqi government is expected to seek the execution of "Chemical Ali" for gassing the Kurds in 1988 before Iraqis vote in March parliamentary elections.
ERBIL, Iraq, Jan. 18 (UPI) -- The Kurdistan Regional Government in Iraq rejected a sentence for Ali Hassan al-Majid, or Chemical Ali, saying he should be charged with genocide.
BAGHDAD, Jan. 17 (UPI) -- Ali Hassan al-Majid, known as Chemical Ali, was sentenced Sunday to hang for a 1988 gas attack against Kurds in Halabja, Iraqi officials said.
BAGHDAD, March 2 (UPI) -- An Iraqi tribunal Monday sentenced Ali Hassan al-Majid, known as "Chemical Ali," to death for his role in the violent suppression of a 1999 Shiite uprising.
BAGHDAD, Dec. 2 (UPI) -- Ali Hassan al-Majid, known as "Chemical Ali," was sentenced to die Tuesday for quelling a Shiite uprising against Saddam Hussein, Iraqi officials said.
