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Chemical Ali, who’s real name was Ali Hassan al-Majeed, was hanged in Iraq this morning as part of a state sentence to death for his role in numerous cases against humanity.

Al-Majeed had been held in United States custody since his capture in 2003. But he was handed over to the Iraqi authorities in the 24 hours before his execution, U.S. Ambassador Christopher Hill told CNN’s Diana Magnay on Monday.

The 1988 poison gas attack on the village of Halabja, which earned al-Majeed his nickname, was part of the Anfal campaign, in which the Hussein regime killed at least 100,000 Iraqi Kurds. The campaign is believed to be worst poison gas attack on civilians ever.

Al-Majeed was sentenced to death separately for his role in putting down a Shiite uprising against Hussein in 1991, and for his part in putting down a Baghdad revolt in 1999.

Estimates of the Shiite death toll in the 1991 rebellion range from 20,000 to 100,000. Al-Majeed was convicted of playing a key part in the slaughter during the revolt in southern Iraq that followed the 1991 Persian Gulf War.

fabulous meehan had taken a large risk by including him, but as stated in Rule #10: “People currently on death row and/or sentenced to death are not eligible.” So even though he gets a red name in his list, he has scored 0 points. Nice risk, meehan, but it didn’t work out this time.