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2006-05-23 Iraq

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Posted by glenmore 2006-05-23 13:21|| || Front Page|| [4 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Given the tastes of people over there they should definitely put the executions on pay-per-view. Anybody know the method of execution?

Posted by Nimble Spemble 2006-05-23 13:43|| 2006-05-23 13:43|| Front Page Top

#2 NS: Given the tastes of people over there they should definitely put the executions on pay-per-view. Anybody know the method of execution?

Hanging.

Posted by Zhang Fei 2006-05-23 13:59|| http://timurileng.blogspot.com]">[http://timurileng.blogspot.com] 2006-05-23 13:59|| Front Page Top

#3 State Department abolishes death penalty, Iraqi government reinstates it:

The Iraqi authorities have hanged 13 people accused of taking part in the insurgency, the first execution of militants since the US-led invasion.

"The competent authorities have today carried out the death sentences of 13 terrorists," a cabinet statement said.

The name of only one of those executed was released. Shuqair Farid, a former policeman, allegedly confessed he had enlisted Iraqis to carry out attacks.

Three convicted murderers were hanged last September.

The US-led coalition abolished the death penalty in Iraq after the overthrow of Saddam Hussein, but it was re-instated during the handover to Iraqi control in June 2004.

Posted by Zhang Fei 2006-05-23 14:01|| http://timurileng.blogspot.com]">[http://timurileng.blogspot.com] 2006-05-23 14:01|| Front Page Top

#4 State needed to do that, I think, to prevent an outcry internationally. Let the Iraqis do as they see fit with these murderous thugs.

Posted by lotp 2006-05-23 14:02|| 2006-05-23 14:02|| Front Page Top

#5 Nice to see the Iraqi judges clearing their docket backlog.

Posted by trailing wife 2006-05-23 16:12|| 2006-05-23 16:12|| Front Page Top

#6 maybe the 9th court, Ginsberg, Kennedy, and Arlen Specter will cite this foreign law and support capital punishment? Selective appreciation, I guess

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2006-05-23 16:45|| 2006-05-23 16:45|| Front Page Top

#7 I think the Iraqis need to appreciate some of their more appropriate traditions and bring back Hassan with the really big scimitar for public beheadings of scum like these.

Posted by Shieldwolf 2006-05-23 17:58|| 2006-05-23 17:58|| Front Page Top

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