Majid, 68, had also received the death sentence at earlier trials for his part in attacks on Kurds in 1988, for suppressing a revolt by Shia Muslims, and for killing Shia Muslims in Baghdad in 1999.
１９８８年のクルド攻撃で役割を果たしたこと、シーア派イスラム教徒の反抗を鎮圧したこと、１９９９年にバグダットでシーア派イスラム教徒を殺したことで、マジッド（６８歳）も初期の裁判で死刑の宣告を受けた。