An Iraqi court sentenced Saddam Hussein's cousin "Chemical Ali" to death today for crushing a Shia revolt after the 1991 Gulf War.
It was Ali Hassan al-Majeed's second death sentence after he was condemned to be hanged last year for his role in the killing of tens of thousands of Kurds.
Judge Mohammad al-Uraibi also sentenced former top Baath party official, Abdul Ghani Abdul Ghafour, to hang for his involvement in the crackdown on Shia in the south.
The tribunal that condemned them was set up to try former members of Saddam's government. Saddam was executed in December 2006 after being convicted of crimes against humanity for the killing of 148 Shia men and boys after a 1982 assassination attempt.
Majeed, dubbed "Chemical Ali" by Saddam's opponents for his role in using poison gas to kill Kurdish villagers, was first sentenced to hang in June 2007, but his execution has been held up by legal wrangling.