Defendant in the second trial before the Iraqi High Tribunal ("Anfal" trial); sentenced to life in prison for war crimes and crimes against humanity on 24 June 2007; appealed against the judgment on 23 July 2007
The al-Anfal Campaign was an anti-Kurdish campaign led by the Iraqi regime of Saddam Hussein between 1986 and 1989 (during and just after the Iran-Iraq war).
The Anfal campaign is said to have cost the lives of 182,000 civilians.The Anfal campaign included the use of ground offensives, aerial bombing, systematic destruction of settlements, mass deportation, concentration camps, firing squads, and chemical warfare.
At the time of the Anfal campaign, Sabir Abdul-Aziz al-Duri was director of military intelligence.
