Chemical Ali, as he was known, received a death sentence on January 17, 2010, for ordering the 1988 gas attack on the town of Halabja in northern Iraq; 5,000 people are thought to have died in the assault on the Kurdish area.
１９８８年にイラク北部のハラブジャの町に対して行われた毒ガス攻撃を命令したことで、ケミカル・アリは２０１０年７月に死刑の宣告を受けた：この攻撃でクルディシュ地域で５０００人の人々が死んだと言われている。