Death sentences in Iraq

If we want to know the truth about Iraq and what's really going on, then I suggest we read Central Command press releases. I'm sure the military are more frustrated than we are, because they never see any of their reality in the MSM. Here's a sample:

CCCI convicts 27 insurgents: Five sentenced to death, two sentenced to 15 years imprisonment

BAGHDAD — The Central Criminal Court of Iraq convicted twenty seven individuals from Oct. 5 to 12 for various crimes including kidnapping, possession of illegal weapons, using or taking advantage of someone else’s legal documents, heading, leading, joining armed groups, and illegal border crossing.

A Tunisian man has received the death sentence for violating Article 4 of the Terrorist Law. Ground forces captured the defendant, a suspected member of a terrorist cell and a foreign fighter in May of 2006. The defendant participated in dozens of attacks against the Iraqi Army, the Iraqi National Guard, the ground force and civilians.

Three Iraqi men received death sentences for kidnapping, a violation of part B, J, D and H of Article 421 of the Iraqi Penal Code. Ground forces apprehended the defendants in connection with a kidnapping ring. The defendants were guards and construction workers where the victims were kept.

The trial court has sentenced an Iraqi-American man to death for kidnapping, a violation of part G, D and H of Article 421 of the Iraqi Penal Code. Ground forces apprehended the defendant in May of 2005 for the participation in the kidnapping of three individuals.

Those convicted of passport violations and entering the country illegally included men from Egypt, Syria, Libya, Sudan, Saudi Arabia and Jordan. Other sentences ranged from two to 15 years imprisonment. source

Independent Conservative is also posting and says:

Of course if I were running the court there might be more than 5 sentenced to death, but I’ll accept the court’s ruling :) .

Now I’m sure reports like this have been made in the past and I never knew about them, because our lovely US MSM says very little or nothing about it. The only Iraqi court hearings we ever hear about in the MSM, is when Saddam wants to run his mouth in court.

Notice how the terrorists were convicted and sentenced in Iraqi courts in less than 2 years time. Some in just a matter of months! If those same terrorists were on trial here in the USA, they’d still be awaiting sentencing and once sentenced they would get light sentances. Isn’t that amazing that Iraqi courts better recognize the threat of terrorists than American courts? You’d think the nation that launched the effort to stamp out Islamists would better recognize the threat than the nation that lives under Islam.

Read more from Central Command here and here

Comments

[Debbie]

Victor: I'm not sure if there is a site you can go to in order to read the Iraqi laws. I could try and find out for you, but I don't think one exists.

[victor]

i would like to know if or how can i find out if iraq has a law such as : if someone gets convicted of stealing then the sentence is to get his finger/hand cut off?

[Rastaman]

That's all well and good for the Iraqi courts but I personally fervently wish our boys had blown Saddam away as soon as he was popped out of that hole, rather than let the court system drag this amazing farce out forever the way it has been. I'm having doubts that he will ever be convicted.

Rastaman
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