'Chemical Ali' returned to US detention facility after heart attack
By JERUSALEM POST STAFF
Saddam Hussein's cousin, whose execution has been delayed for months in a complex legal and political battle, was returned to a US detention facility on Tuesday after suffering a heart attack, US officials said.
Ali Hassan al-Majid, known as "Chemical Ali" for the strikes he ordered against Kurds in the 1980s, was admitted to a US medical facility on Sunday.
His lawyer, Badee Izzat Aref, said al-Majid had suffered a heart attack after going on a hunger strike with other defendants.
A US military official familiar with the medical records confirmed that al-Majid had suffered a heart attack but said he was in stable condition and had been returned to a US detention facility.
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