Al Qaida leader's wife gets 20 years in prison
[Emirates 24/7] An Iraqi judicial front man says a court has sentenced the wife of a slain al-Qaeda leader to 20 years in prison for terrorism-related charges.
Iraqi prisons aren't nearly as nice as American ones... | An Iraqi Supreme Judicial Council front man on Sunday said Hasna Ali Yahya, the Yemeni wife of Abu Ayyub al-Masri, was convicted last Thursday.
Spokesman Abdul-Sattar Bayrkdar didn't give details on the charges, but a government official said she was convicted of facilitating correspondence between Death Eaters and preparing explosive-laden belts.
The official spoke on condition of anonymity as he was not authorized to release information.
She has been in jug since the April 2010 joint U.S.-Iraqi north of Storied Baghdad
...located along the Tigris River, founded in the 8th century, home of the Abbasid Caliphate...
that killed al-Masri along with another prominent al-Qaeda in Iraq myrmidon.
Posted by: Fred 2011-06-27 |