Yahoo! News: Iraq

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• Iraq's 'Chemical Ali' sentenced to death (AFP)
• Biden calls Iraqi leaders about national elections (AP)
• Iraq's "Chemical Ali" gets 4th death sentence (Reuters)
• Iraq's 'Chemical Ali' to hang for 1988 gas attack (AP)
• Saddam's ex-deputy PM Aziz in hospital after stroke: lawyer (AFP)
• 'Saddam' ban threatens Sunni stake in Iraq elections (AFP)
• Saddam official Tareq Aziz hospitalized, son says (Reuters)
• Iraq cabinet approves draft law to protect doctors (Reuters)
• Ex-Iraqi FM Tariq Aziz suffers from a stroke (AP)
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Iraq's 'Chemical Ali' sentenced to death (AFP) Posted: 17 Jan 2010 03:25 PM PST AFP - Saddam Hussein's notorious henchman "Chemical Ali" was on Sunday sentenced to death for ordering the gassing of Kurds in the Iraqi town of Halabja, a brutal attack that killed an estimated 5,000 people.

Biden calls Iraqi leaders about national elections (AP) Posted: 17 Jan 2010 12:45 PM PST AP - Joe Biden's office says the vice president has been in touch with the top three Iraqi political leaders about their upcoming national elections.

Iraq's "Chemical Ali" gets 4th death sentence (Reuters) Posted: 17 Jan 2010 12:25 PM PST Reuters - An Iraqi court sentenced Ali Hassan al-Majeed, the Saddam Hussein henchman widely known as "Chemical Ali," to death by hanging Sunday for a 1988 gas attack that killed about 5,000 Kurds.

Iraq's 'Chemical Ali' to hang for 1988 gas attack (AP) Posted: 17 Jan 2010 11:41 AM PST AP - Saddam Hussein's notorious cousin "Chemical Ali" was convicted Sunday and sentenced to hang for ordering the most infamous of his crimes, the attacks against the Kurdish town of Halabja that killed more than 5,000 people in clouds of poisonous gas.

Saddam's ex-deputy PM Aziz in hospital after stroke: lawyer (AFP) Posted: 17 Jan 2010 10:40 AM PST AFP - Iraq's former deputy premier Tareq Aziz under Saddam Hussein has suffered a stroke and been moved from jail to a US military hospital, his lawyer told AFP on Sunday.

'Saddam' ban threatens Sunni stake in Iraq elections (AFP) Posted: 17 Jan 2010 09:53 AM PST AFP - The decision to ban candidates accused of links to Saddam Hussein's Baath party from running in Iraq's general election could exclude Sunnis from the political arena and spark new sectarian tensions.

Saddam official Tareq Aziz hospitalized, son says (Reuters) Posted: 17 Jan 2010 08:26 AM PST Reuters - Tareq Aziz, a former deputy prime minister who was the public face of Saddam Hussein's regime, suffered a blood clot in the brain and was moved from prison to an American military hospital, his son said on Sunday.

Iraq cabinet approves draft law to protect doctors (Reuters) Posted: 17 Jan 2010 06:38 AM PST Reuters - Iraqi doctors would be allowed to carry weapons under a law approved by the cabinet on Sunday to help protect physicians subjected to kidnapping, murder and tribal demands for blood money from relatives of dead patients.

Ex-Iraqi FM Tariq Aziz suffers from a stroke (AP) Posted: 17 Jan 2010 05:54 AM PST AP - Former Iraqi Foreign Minister Tariq Aziz was afflicted by a severe stroke over the weekend and has lost the power of speech, his son said Sunday.

(AP) Posted: 17 Jan 2010 05:23 AM PST AP - Son of ex-Iraqi FM Tariq Aziz says father suffers severe stroke, loses speech.

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