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08.10.2008

Ali Hassan al-Majid al-Tikriti

Sentenced

Iraqi Special Court

Iraq

Ali Hassan al-Majid, the eldest son of Hassan al-Majid, a full brother to Saddam Hussein's father, was born in Tikrit in 1941. Like Saddam Hussein, his immediate family belonged to the Sunni Muslim al-Bejat clan, part of the al-Bu Nasir tribe, which was dominant in the Tikrit region. Before the 1968 revolution, Ali Hassan was a motorcycle messenger in the army. Under Saddam Hussein, he served as Chief of Security; Secretary, Office of Norther...

29.04.2008

Tarek Aziz

On trial

Iraqi Special Court

Iraq

Tarek Aziz was born near Mosul, in Tell Kaif, Iraq, in 1936. Originally named Mikhail Yahunna, he was born to a modest Chaldean Catholic family. In the late 1950's, he joined the Ba'th Party as one of its early members. He then changed his name to Tarek Aziz, meaning "Glorious Path". Tarek Aziz first met Saddam Hussein through their common involvement in then outlawed Ba'th Party. Following the Ba'th coup in 1963, he was hired as edito...

04.03.2008

Hakim Al-Zamili

Dismissal - lack of jurisdiction

Iraqi Special Court

Iraq

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04.03.2008

Hamid Al- Shammari

Dismissal - lack of jurisdiction

Iraqi Special Court

Iraq

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29.02.2008

Hashem Ahmed al-Jubouri al-Tai

Sentenced

Iraqi Special Court

Iraq

Sultan Hashem Ahmed al-Jabburi al-Tai was born circa 1944 in Mosul, Iraq. Hashem Ahmed did not initially have any family ties to Saddam Hussein. But one of his daughters later married Qusay Hussein, the youngest son of Saddam Hussein, long considered by many as his evident heir. Hashem Ahmed began his career in military intelligence after graduating from Baghdad's National Security Institute in 1975. He served Saddam Hussein during the 198...

29.02.2008

Hussein Rashid al-Tikriti

Sentenced

Iraqi Special Court

Iraq

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 c...

21.01.2008

Tahir Tawfiq al-Ani

Acquitted

Iraqi Special Court

Iraq

21.01.2008

Sabir Abdul-Aziz al-Duri

Sentenced

Iraqi Special Court

Iraq

21.11.2007

Mezhar Abdullah Ruaid

Sentenced

Iraqi Special Court

Iraq

Mezhar Abdallah Rouaid was, like his co-accused father Abdullah Kadhem Ruaid, a local Baath-party official for the region of the village of Dujail, some 60 km north of Baghdad. The events in Dujail started to unroll on 8 July 1982 when Saddam Hussein visited the Shiite town to meet with tribal leaders. Dujail was a stronghold of the Shiite Dawa Party which carried out terrorist attacks in Iraq to protest against the war with Shiite Iran. The D...

23.10.2007

Taha Yassin Ramadan

Sentenced

Iraqi Special Court

Iraq

Taha Yassin Ramadan was born in 1938 in Mosul, in northeastern Iraq. His parents were farmers. He himself worked as a bank clerk after completing his secondary education. He is one of the few surviving plotters from the 1968 coup that put the Baath party in power. He rose through the ranks of the Baath Party, and joined the regime's powerful Revolution Command Council after the coup. He held numerous senior posts during the party's 35-yea...

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