IRAQ. FIVE PEOPLE SENTENCED TO DEATH

the Central Criminal Court of Iraq convicted twenty seven individuals between October 5-12 for 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 was sentenced to 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 2006. The defendant allegedly participated in dozens of attacks against the Iraqi Army, the Iraqi National Guard, the ground force and civilians. 
Three Iraqi men also received death sentences for kidnapping, a violation of part B, J, D and H of Article 21 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 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.