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BAGHDAD — Even in Saddam Hussein’s ruthless regime, “Chemical Ali” stood apart, notable for his role in gassing 5,000 people in a Kurdish village — the deadliest chemical- weapons attack ever against civilians.
Ali Hassan al-Majid was hanged Monday.
“I want to kiss the hangman’s rope,” said Kamil Mahmoud, a 40-year-old teacher who lost eight family members in the March 16, 1988, attack in Iraq’s Kurdish region.
Photos taken after the Halabja attack showed bodies of men, women, children and animals lying in heaps on the streets.
Al-Majid, 68, was executed about a week after he received his fourth death sentence since facing Iraqi courts after the fall of Hussein. The Associated Press
