After several delays, "Chemical Ali" was executed on Monday, January 25, 2010. Following his hanging, many expected there to be a video of Chemical Ali's execution leaked on to the Internet.http://trueslant.com/level/2010/01/25/dont-watch-video-of-chemical-alis-execution-by-hanging-in-iraq/ Ali Hassan Abd al-Majid al-Tikriti, commonly known as "Chemical Ali", was a first cousin of former President of Iraq Saddam Hussein. Chemical Ali was convicted of war crimes against the Iraqi Kurds, and Shiites in the 1980s and 1990s and received four death sentences. His execution had been delayed multiple times for various procedural reasons.

On January 17, 2010 "Chemical Ali" received his fourth death sentence. The sentence was related to his role in the 1988 poison gas attack against the Kurds in Halabja.http://www.latimes.com/news/nation-and-world/la-fgw-iraq-chemical-ali26-2010jan26,0,6728356.story

On the same day that he was executed, there was a major bombing in the downtown area of Baghdad. Officials did not know if the three suicide car bombs that exploded at three hotels in Baghdad were related to Chemical Ali's execution. The bombs killed at least 36 people when they went off near the Al-Harma hotel, Babylon hotel and the Ishtar Sheraton hotel in Baghdad.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/01/25/AR2010012500974.htmlhttp://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2010-01-25-chemical-ali-execution_N.htm

Chemical Ali had been received four death sentences before he was executed on January 25, 2010. The first death penalty came in March 2009, when he was sentenced to death for killing Shiite Muslims in 1999. The second death penalty was issued in June of 2007. Chemical Ali was sentenced to death for the Anfal campaign where about 182,000 people were killed. The third death penalty has given in December 2008; Chemical Ali was sentenced to death for his role in stopping a 1991 Shiite uprising; this resulted in the death of over 100,000 people.Bloomberg: Iraq’s Tariq Aziz, ‘Chemical Ali’ Get 15-Year Terms (March 11, 2009) Chemical Ali's fourth received his fourth death penalty on Sunday, January 17, 2010. This final death sentence was related to Chemical Ali's role in the Halabja poison gas attack that killed 5,000 Kurds.