Saddam Kamel Hassan al-Majid (? - 1996) was the second cousin and son-in-law of deposed Iraq

Iraq

Iraq ; officially the Republic of Iraq is a country in Western Asia spanning most of the northwestern end of the Zagros mountain range, the eastern part of the Syrian Desert and the northern part of the Arabian Desert....

i President Saddam Hussein

Saddam Hussein

Saddam Hussein Abd al-Majid al-Tikriti was the fifth President of Iraq, serving in this capacity from 16 July 1979 until 9 April 2003...

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Biography

He was married to Rana Hussein

Rana Hussein

Rana Saddam Hussein is the second-eldest daughter of the former President of Iraq,Saddam Hussein and his first wife, Sajida Talfah. Her older sister is Raghad and younger sister is Hala Hussein....

  and was the brother of Hussein Kamel al-Majid (who was also married to a daughter of Saddam, Raghad Hussein

Raghad Hussein

Raghad Saddam Hussein is the eldest daughter of former President of Iraq, Saddam Hussein and Sajida Talfah.-Biography:...

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For a time he was head of the Republican Guard

Iraqi Republican Guard

The Iraqi Republican Guard was a branch of the Iraqi military during the presidency of Saddam Hussein. It later became the Republican Guard Corps, and then the Republican Guard Forces Command with its expansion into two corps....

. He was removed from the position in 1986 in favour of Saddam Hussein's son, Qusay Hussein

Qusay Hussein

Qusay Saddam Hussein al-Tikriti was the second son of Iraqi President Saddam Hussein. He was appointed as his father's heir apparent in 2000.- Family :...

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Due to his close resemblance to the Iraqi leader he played the part of Saddam Hussein in the film The Long Days, a highly propagandistic

Propaganda

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 account of Saddam Hussein's life.

In 1995, he defected from Iraq with his brother and their wives and his brother gave information to UNSCOM, the CIA and MI6 about Iraq's weapons of mass destruction

Iraq and weapons of mass destruction

During the regime of Saddam Hussein, the nation of Iraq used, possessed, and made efforts to acquire weapons of mass destruction . Hussein was internationally known for his use of chemical weapons in the 1980s against Iranian and Kurdish civilians during and after the Iran–Iraq War...

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In 1996, the group returned to Iraq believing they had been pardon

Pardon

Clemency means the forgiveness of a crime or the cancellation of the penalty associated with it. It is a general concept that encompasses several related procedures: pardoning, commutation, remission and reprieves...

ed for their actions; however, the brothers were executed in a prolonged gun battle shortly after they returned.