Saturday, December 10
MURDERING, BOMBING, KIDNAPPER SCUZBALLS SENTENCED TO LIFE IN PRISON
Actually, only twenty years. They oughta send 'em to Texas.
| December 10, 2005 BAGHDAD, Iraq -- Iraqi Ministry of Justice officials announced today that four members of al Qaeda in Iraq, who were members of the Mosul Bombing Cell led by Abu Talha, were found guilty by the Central Criminal Court of Iraq of violation of Article 194 of the Iraqi Penal Code for attacking Iraqi Police, Iraqi National Guard, and Coalition Forces and sentenced each of them to life (20 years) imprisonment on Nov. 23. This successful conviction is another landmark for the Iraqi judicial system. The verdict reinforces the will of the Iraqi people that former regime members, insurgents, foreign fighters and their supporters are being held accountable and punished by a court of justice. On May 29, Iraqi Police, Iraqi National Guard and Coalition Forces apprehended Bilal Mahmoud Abdul Hadi (aka Abu Muhommad), Abdullah Muhammed Atala Muhammed (aka Abu Muhammed), Mohammed Ben Rabit Saadam (aka Abu Amar), and Ishmail Muhammad Abdullah Bin Abdullah during a raid in the Anbar area. The defendants are foreign fighters, from Jordan, Syria and Algeria, who entered the country of Iraq illegally and committed crimes ranging from murder and terrorism to possession of illegal weapons. These detainees were captured in a house where the kidnapped Governor of Anbar was found, but he had been murdered. The defendants resisted arrest and a firefight ensued before all defendants were eventually captured. This legal decision in conjunction with other actions currently being taken by the Iraqi Security Forces and Multi-National Forces illustrates that the sovereign Iraqi government is mustering all security, judicial and financial measures at their disposal in order to disrupt and detain insurgents, terrorists and their supporters. |
