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Obituary
Ali Hassan al-Majid Charles
Tripp
Tuesday April 8, 2003
The Guardian
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General Ali Hassan al-Majid. . . in a file picture dated
January 17 2003. Photograph: AP
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obituary was published in the Guardian on April 8 2003. On August 21 2003, US central command in Florida said Ali Hassan al-Majid
was still alive and had been captured and taken in custody.)
General Ali Hassan al-Majid, . . . has died aged 64. He was killed commanding the southern Iraqi city of Basra by SAS-organised
air and artillery attacks, said local British military sources. . .
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