"Ali Hassan al-Majid Ali Hassan Abd al-Majid al-Tikriti (; ; 1941? – 25 January 2010) was a Ba'athist Iraqi Defense Minister, Interior Minister, military commander and chief of the Iraqi Intelligence Service. He was also the governor of Kuwait during the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait. A first cousin of former Ba'athist Iraqi President Saddam Hussein, he became notorious in the 1980s and 1990s for his role in the Iraqi government's campaigns against internal opposition forces, namely the ethnic Kurdish rebels of the north, and the Shia rebels of the south. Repressive measures included deportations and mass killings; al-Majid was dubbed"
"Ali') was condemned to death by hanging by an Iraqi court in January 2010, after being found guilty of orchestrating the Halabja massacre. Al-Majid was first sentenced to hang in 2007 for his role in a 1988 military campaign against ethnic Kurds, codenamed Anfal, and in 2008 he also twice received a death sentence for his crimes against the Iraqi Shia Muslims, in particular for his role in crushing the 1991 uprisings in southern Iraq and his involvement in the 1999 killings in the Sadr City district of Baghdad (then called Saddam City). Al-Majid did not express remorse at his"
"campaign. On 23 June 2007, Ali Hassan al-Majid, and two co-defendants, Sultan Hashem Ahmed and Hussein Rashid Mohammed l, were convicted of genocide and related charges and sentenced to death by hanging. Another two co-defendants (Farhan Jubouri and Saber Abdel Aziz al-Douri) were sentenced to life imprisonment, and one (Taher Tawfiq al-Ani) was acquitted on the prosecution's demand. Al-Majid was charged with war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide. He was convicted in June 2007, and was sentenced to death. His appeal of the death sentence was rejected on 4 September 2007, he was sentenced to death for the fourth"
"use either conventional or special ammunition, which as explained is chemical, I will take responsibility with honor. But I will discuss any act committed against our people and any Iraqi citizen, whether Arab or Kurdish. I don't accept any insult to my principles or to me personally."" Kurdish survivors had no doubt Saddam was personally responsible and were disappointed he was being tried only over the killings in Dujail. Saddam was executed by hanging on December 30, 2006. Saddam's cousin Ali Hassan al-Majid (who commanded Iraqi forces in northern Iraq during that period, which earned him a nickname of 'Chemical"
"Mohammad Hasan Khalil al-Hakim Mohammad Hasan Khalil al-Hakim () alias Abu Jihad al-Masri ( أبو جهاد المصري ) (died October 31, 2008) was purported by US authorities to operate in Iran as the head of media and propaganda for al-Qaeda, and ""may also [have been] the Chief of External Operations for al Qaeda"". The name ""Abu Jihad"" is an informal or assumed name meaning roughly ""father of the struggle"", and ""al-Masri"" simply means ""the Egyptian"". He was killed in a US airstrike in Pakistan on October 31, 2008. Al-Hakim was the person who appeared in an August 2006 as-Sahab (al-Qaeda)"
"Presidential council on 17 March 2009 for Al-Majid's execution. The situation was similar on 17 January 2010 prior to 9 am (GMT); a fourth death penalty was issued against him in response to his acts of genocide against Kurds in the 1980s. He was also convicted of killing Shia Muslims in 1991 and 1999. Alongside him in the trial was former defense minister Sultan Hashem, who was also found guilty by The Iraqi High Tribunal for the Halabja attack and sentenced to 15 years' imprisonment. Al-Majid was executed by hanging on 25 January 2010. He was buried in Saddam's family"
"his gang members were arrested, and Mansour acquired the nickname ""al-Tourbini"" meaning ""Express Train"", from his favorite location for the crimes. After the arrest, Mansour reportedly told prosecutors that he was possessed by a female jinn who commanded him to commit the crimes. Mansour, along with his accomplice Farag Samir Mahmoud, also known as ""Hanata"", were convicted and sentenced to death by the criminal court in Tanta in 2007. He was executed in 2010. Soon after the arrest, ""al-Ahram"", a widely circulated Egyptian newspaper, reported that some products in Egypt were being named after Mansour's nickname, ""al-Tourbini"". Several restaurants in"
"that al-Qaeda and other jihadists could follow to create a new Islamic caliphate. On 1 November 2008 AFP quoted an unnamed senior Pakistani intelligence source saying that al-Hakim was killed in the previous day's drone strike on a car in North Waziristan. Mohammad Hasan Khalil al-Hakim Mohammad Hasan Khalil al-Hakim () alias Abu Jihad al-Masri ( أبو جهاد المصري ) (died October 31, 2008) was purported by US authorities to operate in Iran as the head of media and propaganda for al-Qaeda, and ""may also [have been] the Chief of External Operations for al Qaeda"". The name ""Abu Jihad"" is"
"Abu Yahya al-Libi Abu Yahya al-Libi (, ; c. 1963, Marzaq – June 4, 2012), born Mohamed Hassan Qaid, was a terrorist and leading high-ranking official within al-Qaeda, and an alleged member of the Libyan Islamic Fighting Group. He is believed to have been able to speak Urdu, Pashto and Arabic and to have used the aliases Hasan Qaiid (Hasan Qayad or Hassan Qayid), Yunis al-Sahrawi, and Hassan Qaed al-Far. Al-Libi was a citizen of Libya, who was held in extrajudicial detention in the Bagram interim detention facility. At that time, American counter-terrorism analysts asserted that al-Libi was a member"
"Abdel Aziz al-Muqrin Abdel Aziz Issa Abdul-Mohsin Al-Muqrin (; ; also ""Abd al-Aziz al-Moqrin"" and other transliterations), alias Abu Hajr (ابو هاجر) and Abu Hazim, (1971–2004), was the leader of the militant Jihadist group al-Qaeda in Saudi Arabia. He succeeded Khaled Ali Hajj, when the latter was killed by Saudi security forces in March 2004. Al-Muqrin had trained with Osama bin Laden's Al-Qaeda in Afghanistan. Al-Muqrin lived in the Riyadh's Al-Suwaidi District, home to many Saudi extremists. Al-Muqrin was born to middle class parents in Riyadh and was a high school dropout. He married at the age of 19 and"
"was pending at the time of this testimony. al-Isawi was executed by hanging for his crimes at some point prior to November 2013. Ahmad Hashim Abd al-Isawi Ahmad Hashim Abd al-Isawi was an al Qaeda terrorist operating in Iraq in the early 2000s. He earned the nickname the ""Butcher of Fallujah"" within US military and intelligence circles after he allegedly masterminded the ambush and killing of four American military contractors whose bodies were then dragged by a spontaneously formed mob and hung from the old bridge over the Euphrates river in Fallujah, Iraq. In September 2009, a team of U.S."
"most-wanted man in Iraq, shown as the King of Spades in the deck of most-wanted Iraqi playing cards. In 2006 he was charged with genocide and crimes against humanity for his part in the Anfal campaign and was transferred to the Iraq Special Tribunal for trial. He received four death sentences for his role in killing Shia Muslims in 1991 and 1999, the genocide of the Kurds in the 1980s, and ordering the gassing of Kurds at Halabja. The trial began on 21 August 2006, in acrimonious circumstances when al-Majid refused to enter a plea. He subsequently had a not"
"Dia Abdul Zahra Kadim Dia Abdul Zahra Kadim is a deceased Iraqi detainee, (Arabic: ضياء عبدالزهراء كاظم); c. 1970 – January 29, 2007), also known as al-Ali bin Ali bin Abi Talib (Arabic: العلي بن علي بن أبي طالب), claimed to be from Hilla, Iraq, was the leader of an armed extremist Shia Islam cult named Jund al-Samaa (""Soldiers of Heaven"" in Arabic, a well-armed Shia cult regarding the religious leadership in Najaf as illegitimate) based in Iraq. He claimed to be the Hidden Imam and Mahdi. He was detained twice in recent years. He was also known to have"
"Muhammad Sa'id Ali Hasan Muhammad Sa'id Ali Hasan al-Umda, also known as Gharib al-Taezi, was self-implicated on videotape as a possible terrorist in 2002, and was wanted by the United States Department of Justice's FBI, which was seeking information about his identity and whereabouts. He was known to be a one-time bodyguard for Osama Bin Laden and was a field commander for al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula. In January 2002, he was discovered as one of five men who had been videotaped pledging martyrdom, and who were then consequently placed on the original version, upon inception, of the FBI's third"
"and became associated with other militant groups like Jund al-Islam and Ansar al-Islam. The latter, which he was suspected of leading, claimed responsibility for the Bahariya Oasis attack in October 2017 that killed between 16 and 54 security personnel. His deputy, Emad Abdel Hamid, was killed in a retaliatory airstrike in Egypt's Western Desert later that month. Ashmawy, under the nickname ""Abu Mohannad"", was sentenced to death ""in absentia"" by a military court on 27 December 2017, along with ten other defendants, for various terrorism-related charges as part of a case called ""Ansar Bait al-Maqdis 3"" by local media. When"
"Saeed al-Masri Mustafa Ahmed Muhammad Uthman Abu al-Yazid (مصطفى أحمد محمد عثمان أبو اليزيد), better known as Saeed al-Masri (سعيد المصري) or simply al-Masri (المصري = the Egyptian), (February 27, 1955 - May 21, 2010) was an Egyptian who was alleged to have acted as the financial chief for al-Qaeda. Along with Mahfouz Ould al-Walid and Saif al-Adel, al-Masri was believed to have opposed the September 11 attacks two months prior to their execution. He was killed in a targeted killing drone airstrike in Pakistan on May 21, 2010. He was initially arrested among hundreds of others following the assassination"
"itself the Abu Hafs al-Masri Brigade, after a nickname for one of Osama bin Laden's lieutenants who was killed in a 2001 airstrike in Afghanistan, posted a statement claiming responsibility for the attempted bombings. The group vowed that the terror would continue as long as Europe's soldiers were in Iraq. The group also claimed responsibility for the 7 July 2005 London bombings, the 2004 Madrid train bombings, and the 2003 North America blackout. Experts doubt the legitimacy of the group, as security experts have discredited the claims of the Madrid attack, and investigators have ruled out sabotage as a cause"
"them out,' were only for psychological effect,"" Ali Hassan said. On 24 June 2007, the court returned a verdict of guilty on all counts. The presiding judge, Mohamed Oreibi al-Khalifa, told al-Majid: ""You had all the civil and military authority for northern Iraq. You gave orders to the troops to kill Kurdish civilians and put them in severe conditions. You subjected them to wide and systematic attacks using chemical weapons and artillery. You led the killing of villagers. You ... committed genocide. There are enough documents against you."" He received five death sentences for genocide, crimes against humanity (specifically willful"
"were among one of the ugliest crimes ever committed against humanity in modern history."" Al-Majid was already sentenced to death in June 2007 for genocide regarding his role in the 1988 Operation Anfal when he was also convicted for his role in the events of 1991 and given another death sentence; he was executed in 2010. The issue was also given much attention during the trial of Saddam Hussein. Many Iraqi and American critics accused President George H. W. Bush and his administration of encouraging and abandoning the rebellion after halting Coalition forces at Iraq's southern border with Kuwait at"
"Hassan El-Hassani Hassan El-Hassani (Arabic: حسن الحسني) whose real name was Hassan Bencheikh, was an Algerian comedian. Born on April 24, 1916 at Ksar el Boukhari, near Medea in Algeria, he died September 25, 1987 in Algiers. Humorist and actor, militant with his art, popular comedian, creator of theater groups, he was also a member of the National Assembly (first term) and received the Medal of resistance. A popular actor, he was also known for its numerous skits and plays - in addition to the roles he had in over thirty films - in which he embodied ""Boubagra"" representing a"
"Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mojaheed Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mojaheed (; 23 June 1948 – 22 November 2015) was a former Bangladeshi politician who served as a Member of Parliament and as the Minister of Social Welfare from 2001 to 2007 of Bangladesh and was convicted of war crimes during the 1971 Liberation war of Bangladesh. He received death penalty by the International Crimes Tribunal of Bangladesh on 22 November 2015, becoming one of the world's first Ministers to be hanged. He was second in command of the infamous paramilitary force, Al-Badr in 1971, which committed war crimes at that time. Until"
"Mohamed Abdi Hassan Mohamed Abdi Hassan (, ), commonly known as Afweyne, is a Somali entrepreneur, diplomat and pirate leader. He founded the Hobyo-Harardhere Piracy Network in 2005 and rapidly grew to become one of Somalia's preeminent pirates. In 2012 he began to leave the piracy ""industry"" and diversified his holdings into a multinational business empire. Hassan was arrested that year in Malaysia but was released as he had managed to obtain diplomatic immunity from Mogadishu. Finally, in 2013 Hassan was lured to Belgium and sentenced in 2016 to twenty years' imprisonment for his many crimes. Nicknamed ""Afweyne"" (""Big Mouth"""
"Camp Justice (Iraq) Camp Justice (also known as Camp Al-Adala) was a joint Iraqi-U.S. military base in the Kadhimiya district of Baghdad, Iraq. The location was renamed from ""Camp Banzai"" in mid-September 2004 as part of an effort to give Army facilities around Baghdad friendlier names. Camp Justice was the location of the 2006 execution of Saddam Hussein; the 2007 hanging of Barzan Ibrahim al-Tikriti, Awad Hamed al-Bandar, and Taha Yassin Ramadan; and the 2010 hanging of Saddam's cousin Ali Hassan al-Majid, a.k.a. Chemical Ali. The former president of Iraq, Saddam Hussein was executed at approximately 03:00 UTC on December"
"suicide bombing in May 2003. Ali Abd al-Rahman al-Faqasi al-Ghamdi Ali Abd al-Rahman al-Faqasi al-Ghamdi, born , is a citizen of Saudi Arabia who has been identified as a jihadist. The ""BBC News"" reported his name was """"Ali Abdul Rahman al-Ghamdi"""", ""CNN"" reported his name was """"Ali Abd al-Rahman al-Faqasi al-Ghamdi"""". They report Saudi Arabi had named him on a list of most wanted Saudi terrorism suspects. There are three individuals named some variation of al Ghamdi on the Saudi most wanted list: Ali A. Al-Ghamdi, Hani S. Al-Ghamdi and Bandar A. Al-Ghamdi. According to the ""BBC News"" Ali Abd"
"good. But there's this one small point. You have been too gentle, too merciful."" Al-Majid became one of Saddam's closest military advisors and head of the Iraqi Intelligence Service, Iraqi secret police known as the ""Mukhabarat"". Following an unsuccessful assassination attempt on Saddam in 1983 in the town of Dujail, north of Baghdad, al-Majid directed the subsequent collective punishment operations in which scores of local men were killed, thousands more inhabitants were deported and the entire town was razed to the ground. During the late stages of the Iran–Iraq War al-Majid was given the post of Secretary General of the"
"judges had investigated Tariq Aziz concerning the events of 1991. The judges also questioned these persons concerning the use of chemical weapons in the al-Anfal Campaign: The judges questioned these persons on various events: On June 24, 2007, Ali Hassan al-Majid, Sultan Hashim Ahmed al-Tay, and Hussein Rashid Mohammed were sentenced to hang for their role in the Al-Anfal Campaign against the Kurds. Two other former regime officials, Saber Abd Al-Aziz Aldori and Farhan Mutlaq Saleh were sentenced to life in prison. All charges against former governor of Mosul Taher Tawfiq Al-ani were dropped because of insufficient evidence. Al-Majid would"
"postings, made in the name ""NidalHasan"", likened a suicide bomber to a soldier who throws himself on a grenade to save his colleagues, and sacrifices his life for a ""more noble cause"". No official investigation was opened. ABC News reported that officials were aware that Hasan had attempted to contact Al Qaeda, and that Hasan had ""more unexplained connections to people being tracked by the FBI"" than just Anwar al-Awlaki. Major Hasan expressed concern about the actions of some of the soldiers he was evaluating as a military psychiatrist. Days before he opened fire at Fort Hood in 2009, Major"
"Malik Hasan, the US Army psychiatrist accused of the Fort Hood shooting in November of that year. The Department of Defense classified the events as ""workplace violence"", pending Hasan's court-martial. On December 12, 2009 al-Khattab posted a video on the group's website announcing that he had retired and was moving to Morocco, and that the group would be run by Abdullah as-Sayf Jones. According to a video Jones made, he was born David Scott Jones and grew up in Brevard County, Florida. He converted to Islam at the age of 16, taking the name ""Abdullah as-Sayf."" After following the group"
"2008, he appeared before the Iraq Special Tribunal set up by the Iraq Interim Government and stood trial with six others including Tariq Aziz, Ali Hassan al-Majid, Watban Ibrahim al-Hassan and Sabbawi Ibrahim al-Hassan. On October 26, 2010, he was sentenced to death by the Iraqi High Tribunal after being found guilty of organising a crackdown against banned political parties in Iraq in the 1980s and 1990s, including assassinations and unlawful detentions. On June 7, 2012, he was executed by hanging, according to a spokesman of the Iraqi Ministry of Justice. Abid Hamid Mahmud Lieutenant General Abid Al-Hamid Mahmud al-Tikriti"
"was sentenced to death. In October 2007 he complained that the investigation of Blackwater's civilian deaths on Iraq was unjust because they were forced to operate in a climate and conditions that forced them to shoot first and ask questions later when they came under attack. Also in October 2007 he argued that Iraqi officials had to accept a pardon application for Ali Hassan al-Majid (Chemical Ali) because the 30-day execution window set the trial had passed. The US military later refused to release Ali for his execution until the legal questions were answered. Ali was sentenced to death again"
"for military operations, and former Republican Guard commander. However, the executions were postponed to 16 October, because of the arrival of the holy month of Ramadan. He was supposed to be executed 16 October 2007, but the execution was delayed when Iraqi President Jalal Talabani and Vice President Tariq al-Hashemi expressed opposition to the sentences of al-Majid's co-defendants and refused to sign the execution orders. He then entered into a legal row with Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, and as a result the Americans refused to hand any of the condemned prisoners over until the issue was resolved. In February"
"Abu Ayyub al-Masri Abu Ayyub al-Masri ( ; , ', translation: ""Father of Ayyub the Egyptian""; 1967 – 18 April 2010), also known as Abu Hamza al-Muhajir (; ', translation: ""Father of Hamza the immigrant"") and other aliases (see name), was the leader of Al-Qaeda in Iraq during the Iraqi insurgency, following the death of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi in June 2006. He was prime minister of the Islamic State of Iraq from 2009-2010. He was killed during a raid on his safehouse on 18 April 2010. Born in Egypt, he joined the Muslim Brotherhood and, according to General Caldwell, joined"
"Pompei. Mohamed Abdi Hassan Mohamed Abdi Hassan (, ), commonly known as Afweyne, is a Somali entrepreneur, diplomat and pirate leader. He founded the Hobyo-Harardhere Piracy Network in 2005 and rapidly grew to become one of Somalia's preeminent pirates. In 2012 he began to leave the piracy ""industry"" and diversified his holdings into a multinational business empire. Hassan was arrested that year in Malaysia but was released as he had managed to obtain diplomatic immunity from Mogadishu. Finally, in 2013 Hassan was lured to Belgium and sentenced in 2016 to twenty years' imprisonment for his many crimes. Nicknamed ""Afweyne"" (""Big"