IRAQ HANDS DEATH SENTENCE TO THREE 'FOREIGN FIGHTERS'

an Iraqi court sentenced a Saudi, a Syrian and a Sudanese to death after finding them guilty of Al-Qaeda related terrorist offences, the US-led coalition in Iraq said. The Syrian and the Saudi "were captured on June 19 in a targeted raid on Al-Qaeda members," the statement said. Iraqi army soldiers pulled the Sudanese off a bus on July 7. "The defendant is a media leader for Al-Qaeda and produced videos and flyers for the organisation. He was sentenced to death on December 12. The statement did not say if or when the sentences were carried out.