an Iraqi court has sentenced a Saudi man to death for joining a Jihadist group

an Iraqi court has sentenced a Saudi man to death for joining a Jihadist group blamed for terrorist acts in the country, the Iraqi Supreme Judicial Council announced, dpa reported. The Council, Iraq's highest judicial body, said that the Criminal Court had convicted the Saudi of entering Iraq illegally via Syria and joining the Islamic Army in Iraq "with the pretext of fighting the US forces and destabilizing the country." It was not clear when the convict had been arrested and if he has the right to appeal the ruling. After the 2003 US-led invasion of Iraq, the Islamic Army in Iraq was one of the largest insurgent groups fighting the US forces and the new Iraqi authorities, but it has been less prominent in recent years.