MULTI-NATIONAL FORCE-IRAQ
COMBINED PRESS INFORMATION CENTER

Nov. 10, 2006
Release A061110b

CCCI convicts 23 insurgents;  One sentenced to death, six sentenced to 30 years imprisonment 

BAGHDAD, Iraq – The Central Criminal Court of Iraq convicted 23 individuals from October 27 to November 1, for various crimes including  possession of illegal weapons, possessing fake civil affair and fake military identifications, using or taking advantage of someone else’s identification, heading, leading, joining armed groups, and illegal border crossing.

The trial court found a Saudi Arabian man guilty of joining armed groups to unsettle the security and stability of Iraq and endangering people’s lives in violation of Article 4/1 of the Iraqi Penal Code of the Iraqi Penal Code.  The defendant admitted to coming into Iraq illegally to fight.  On November 1, the trial panel sentenced the man to the death penalty.

The trial court found four Iraqi men guilty of possession of illegal weapons in violation of Section 6, Paragraph 2B.  The men where apprehended after conducting an attack on Multi-National Forces. A search of their vehicle revealed two RPG launchers, two PKM and one RPD machine guns, five AK-47s and a video camera used to film the attack.  On November 1, 2006, all four defendants were sentenced to thirty years imprisonment.

The trial court found two Iraqi men guilty of possession of illegal special weapons, in violation of section 6, Paragraph 2B of the Iraqi Penal Code.  The defendants were apprehended after a search of their house revealed a large cache of explosives. One of the defendants was also in possession of weapons and IED making materials. The trial panel sentenced the two men to thirty years imprisonment.

Those convicted of passport violations, forging official documents, possession of illegal weapons and entering the country illegally included three Syrians, four Iraqis, two Egyptians, two Saudi Arabians and one each from Lebanon, Yemen, France, Libya and Sudan.  Other sentences ranged from 6 months to 15 years imprisonment.

Since its establishment in April 2004, the Central Criminal Court has held 1,683 trials for Coalition-apprehended insurgents.  The proceedings have resulted in 1,447 convictions with sentences ranging up to death.

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