‘Chemical Ali’ hospitalized
A cousin of Saddam Hussein known as "Chemical Ali" has been hospitalized after a hunger strike to protest his treatment during a complex legal and political fight that has delayed his death sentence for months, a defense lawyer said Monday.
Ali Hassan al-Majid, who got his nickname for ordering chemical weapons attacks on ethnic Kurds, and co-defendant Abdul-Ghani Abdul-Ghafour were admitted to a U.S. medical facility Sunday after they passed out, the attorney said.
The U.S. military confirmed al-Majid was hospitalized Sunday and said he was in stable condition.
