A court in Iraq has upheld the death sentences for crimes against humanity of a cousin of the late Iraqi leader, Saddam Hussein, and two of his aides.
Ali Hassan al-Majid, known as Chemical Ali, Hussein Rashid and Sultan Hashim were convicted in June of the killings of at least 100,000 Kurds during 1988.
Saddam had also been on trial over the Anfal campaign when he was hanged in December for crimes against Humanity.
Iraqi law dictates that the three must be executed within 30 days of ruling.
Two others received life prison sentences for their role in the Anfal campaign, which was the culmination of the former government's efforts to suppress resistance in the Iraq's north.
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