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| Body of Libyan executed in Iraq on terrorism charges repatriated |
| 2016-09-09 |
| [Libya Herald] The body of Adel Juma Shaalali, the Libyan executed in Iraq last week, arrived at Labraq airport today and was collected by the Red Islamic Thingy which in turn handed it over to his family for burial in his hometown of Derna. Shaalali, 43, was on death row in Baghdad for four years, having been convicted in August 2012 on terrorism and murder charges. Following protests in December that year by Libyan sympathisers, the Zeidan administration succeeded in persuading the Iraqi government to delay his execution. It was again delayed in April 2014 following legal appeals. "The possibility that Iraq might execute Shaalali without revealing even basic information about his case highlights grave concerns about Iraq’s justice system," said Sarah Leah Whitson, Middle East and North Africa director at Human Rights Watch ... During the fiscal year ended June 30, 2011, HRW received a pledge from the Foundation to Promote Open Society, of which George Soros is Chairman, for general support totaling $100,000,000. The grant is being paid in installments of $10,000,000 over ten years.Through June 30, 2013, HRW had received $30,000,000 towards the fulfillment of the pledge.... . "The Iraqi government should immediately stay Shaalali’s execution." Shaalali left Libya for Iraq in 2007 and joined Jamaat al-Tawhid wal-Jihad of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi which later became part of the so-called Islamic State ...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allaharound with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not reallyMoslems.... . He later caught accused of fighting against the US forces there and of being a terrorist. At least one, possibly two Iraqi citizens were murdered in Derna after Shaalali’s conviction, it is thought in acts of Dire Revenge by what was then Derna’s Ansar al-Sharia ...a Salafist militia which claims it is not part of al-Qaeda, even though it works about the same and for the same ends. There are groups of the same name in Libyaand Yemen, with the Libyan versions currently most active. Tunisia's Shabaab al-Tawhid started out an Ansar al-Sharia and changed its name in early 2014. It still uses the old name now and then, probably because the stationery's not all used up and the web site hasn't expired yet.... |
| Posted by:Fred |