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"Strong indications" that "Chemical Ali" killed: Britain
LONDON (AFP) Apr 07, 2003
Britain has "strong indications" that "Chemical Ali", a cousin of Saddam Hussein who was blamed for a gas attack on Kurds in 1988, was killed in an allied raid, but cannot confirm his death, British Defence Secretary Geoff Hoon said Monday.

"We have some strong indications that he was killed in the raid conducted Friday night but I can't yet absolutely confirm the fact that he is dead. But that would be certainly my best judgement in the situation," Hoon told a London press conference.

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