IRAQI COURT SENTENCES LIBYAN TO DEATH FOR TERRORISM

an Iraqi court sentenced a Libyan member of al-Qaida in Iraq to death after he admitted taking part in eight attacks on US-led coalition forces and Iraqi targets, the US military said. The Central Criminal Court found the man guilty of terrorism and sentenced him to the death penalty on December 6, the military said in a statement. The unidentified Libyan, who was captured during a raid, took part in attacks in which small arms, rocket-propelled grenades and missiles were used.