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Chemical ali - General Majid ranks fifth in the US list of 55 most-wanted Iraqis. Mr Rumsfeld told journalists on Thursday. Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said he did not know whether General Majid was dead or alive. But US Central Command and officials at the Pentagon now say his fate is uncertain. He had previously been presumed dead, after coalition aircraft targeted his palace on the outskirts of the southern city of Basra in April. Ali Hassan al-Majid, a cousin of Saddam Hussein better known as "Chemical Ali", may be alive, according to US military officials.

Chemical ali - CNN's Jomana Karadsheh contributed to this report. Iraq law requires all three members of the Iraqi presidency council -- the president and two vice-presidents -- to sign execution orders. Another reason for the delay is that the Kurds from Halabja have also been pushing to have their day in court with al-Majid. Many Sunni Arabs saw his sentence as evidence that Shiite and Kurdish officials are persecuting the once-dominant Sunni minority by using their influence over the judiciary. His defence has claimed the Americans had promised al-Taie "protection and good treatment" before he turned himself in. September 2003 after weeks of negotiations Chemical ali.