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    US Stalls Executions of Chemical Ali and Two Former Aides to Saddam

    Iraq's Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki has lashed out at American forces who are holding three high-ranking figures from Saddam Hussein's regime. All three have been sentenced to hang, and Maliki wants the sentences carried out.

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    By Warren Olney • May 12, 2014 • 1 min read

    Iraq's Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki has lashed out at American forces who are holding three high-ranking figures from Saddam Hussein's regime. All three have been sentenced to hang, and Maliki wants the sentences carried out. But others in his government object and the US says there should be consensus. Ali Hassan al-Majid, known as "Chemical Ali," has been sentenced to die for murdering Kurdish civilians with poison gas, as have former defense chief Sultan Hashim and one other aide to Saddam Hussein. Bobby Caina Calvan is in Baghdad for the McClatchy Newspapers.

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      Warren Olney

      former KCRW broadcaster

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      Producer, 'One year Later'

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      Frances Anderton

      architecture critic and author

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      Reporter, McClatchy Newspapers

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    3 of 3
    Military Service and Civilian Patriotism
    1. 1:39Storm in the Black Sea Causes Huge Oil Spill
    2. 7:46Veterans' Day: Just Another Day to Go Shopping?
    3. 45:57US Stalls Executions of Chemical Ali and Two Former Aides to SaddamYou’re reading this
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