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2005-04-04 Iraq-Jordan

Iraqi court sentences five foreign fighters to prison

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Posted by Steve 2005-04-04 2:08:47 PM|| || Front Page|| [7 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 after he was found with three suspected insurgents in a house with weapons and ammunition.

It's the Arab equivalent of finding me in my house with a couch and a TV.

Posted by Raj 2005-04-04 3:08:57 PM|| 2005-04-04 3:08:57 PM|| Front Page Top

#2 Prison? Ya wanna show resolve? Kill 'em.

Posted by Mark Z. 2005-04-04 3:10:00 PM|| 2005-04-04 3:10:00 PM|| Front Page Top

#3 So when these jihadi wannabes die in prison, do they get any virgins? Well-used goats? Burning coals of fire in their bellies?

Posted by trailing wife 2005-04-04 3:25:28 PM|| 2005-04-04 3:25:28 PM|| Front Page Top

#4 upside? The Saudis are providing the prison bedding

Posted by Frank G 2005-04-04 3:35:05 PM|| 2005-04-04 3:35:05 PM|| Front Page Top

#5 The reason for the life sentences over the death penalty is a political one. Any prior death penalty law isn't "clean." They want one created by the new government under the new Iraqi constitution. Expect top see death sentences under a new law.

Posted by Sock Puppet 0â Doom 2005-04-04 3:55:59 PM|| [http://www.slhess.com] 2005-04-04 3:55:59 PM|| Front Page Top

#6 Zippos all around for the detained.

Posted by Shipman 2005-04-04 4:10:38 PM|| 2005-04-04 4:10:38 PM|| Front Page Top

#7 Executing them is what they want. It makes them martyrs. Putting them in a dingy hellhole for the next 40 years is a much more attractive situation.

Posted by gromky 2005-04-04 4:22:33 PM|| 2005-04-04 4:22:33 PM|| Front Page Top

#8 Make them martyars, not living problems. The damm fools don't make the right kind of martyrs if they don't blow themselves up or go out in a hail of gunfire. In prison they will just recruit the guards too.

Posted by Sock Puppet 0â Doom 2005-04-04 8:12:19 PM|| [http://www.slhess.com] 2005-04-04 8:12:19 PM|| Front Page Top

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