'Chemical Ali' death sentence: your views

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Has justice been achieved for victims victims of the Anfal campaign? 'Chemical Ali', a cousin of the late Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein, has been sentenced to death by an Iraqi court for the mass murder of Kurds in 1988. Ali Hassan al-Majid was convicted of genocide for using poison gas in the Anfal campaign in 1988. About 180,00 Kurd civilians died in this campaign, according to prosecutors. Has justice for the victims of Anfal been achieved? Was this the right decision? What does this signify for the future of the Iraqi people? Send us your comments.