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'Chemical Ali' sentenced Ali Hassan al-Majid, a cousin of Saddam's who is known as Chemical Ali, was sentenced to death for a second time Tuesday for his part in crushing a Shiite uprising in 1991. Mohammed Oraibi al-Khalifa, a judge for the Iraqi High Tribunal, sentenced Majid and other senior figures from Saddam's government. Among them were Abdelghani Abdul Ghafor al-Ani, who headed Saddam's Baath Party in southern Iraq at the time of the uprising and who also received a death sentence Tuesday. The former defense minister, Sultan Hashim Ahmad al-Tai, received a 15-year prison sentence. Majid already faces a...

Loyal followers of Saddam Hussein gathered in Yemen yesterday to mark the 40th day since the former Iraqi dictator was hanged. A crowd of several hundred heard an address by Saddam's eldest daughter, Raghad, who proclaimed her family's "pride" in him. "No one can ignore that he was a hero and one of the Arab nation's symbols," she said. "He met God with a clean heart and a clear conscience." She also praised the Iraqi insurgency as a heroic cause: "As long as the resistance and the Mujahideen are fulfilling their duties in Iraq, the Iraqi people, without any doubt,...