'Chemical Ali' admitted to hospital

Saddam Hussein's cousin Ali Hassan al-Majeed, known as "Chemical Ali", has been admitted to a US military hospital in Baghdad and is in stable condition, the military said yesterday.

"We know that yesterday he was admitted into a coalition forces medical facility. He is currently in stable condition," Military spokesman Captain Rose Richardson said.

Mr Majeed, along with two other senior former officials, was sentenced to death last June for his role in Saddam's "Anfal" military campaign in the 1980s, in which tens of thousands of Kurds were killed.