BAGHDAD: Iraq's top court on Wednesday sentenced former deputy premier Tariq Aziz and Saddam Hussein's hatchet-man "Chemical Ali" Hassan al-Majid to 15 years in jail for crimes against humanity.Aziz and Majid were among eight people on trial at the Iraqi High Tribunal over the 1992 murders of 42 Baghdad traders accused of racketeering while Iraq was under punishing UN sanctions imposed after the invasion of Kuwait in 1990.The two key figures in S .... Full Story
Wednesday, March 11, 2009
Iraqi court jails Aziz, Chemical Ali for 15 yrs
BAGHDAD: Iraq's top court on Wednesday sentenced former deputy premier Tariq Aziz and Saddam Hussein's hatchet-man "Chemical Ali" Hassan al-Majid to 15 years in jail for crimes against humanity.Aziz and Majid were among eight people on trial at the Iraqi High Tribunal over the 1992 murders of 42 Baghdad traders accused of racketeering while Iraq was under punishing UN sanctions imposed after the invasion of Kuwait in 1990.The two key figures in S .... Full Story
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