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Friday, 26 January 2007 |
MULTI-NATIONAL FORCE-IRAQ
COMBINED PRESS INFORMATION CENTER
BAGHDAD, Iraq
http://www.mnf-iraq.com
703.270.0320 / 0299
Jan. 27, 2007
Release A070127b
CCCI convicts 11 insurgents
Two sentenced to 15 years imprisonment
BAGHDAD, Iraq – The Central Criminal Court of Iraq convicted 11 security detainees from January 13 to 18, for various crimes including possession of illegal weapons, taking advantage of someone else’s legal documents and illegal border crossing.
The trial court found one Iraqi man guilty of illegal possession of special category weapons in violation of Order 3/2003. Multi-National Forces conducted a raid of the defendant’s compound near Tameem, Iraq. MNF searched the buildings and found numerous explosives including 35 pounds of ammonium nitrate. On Jan. 15, the trial panel sentenced him to 15 years imprisonment.
The trial court found an Iraqi man guilty of illegal possession of special category weapons, in violation of Order 3/2003. MNF came under attack near Al Anbar University Sept. 4, 2006. MNF pursued the attackers in their vehicles and stopped them. The defendant threw a grenade at MNF from the driver-side door. MNF shot two of the attackers and killed them. MNF searched the defendant and found a wallet which contained a fake ID. MNF then searched the vehicles and found a large cache of weapons including RPG’s, PKC machine guns and other weapons and ammunition.
Also found was a video tape showing the defendant firing a missile. On Jan. 16 the trial panel considered all the evidence and sentenced him to 15 years imprisonment.
Those convicted of passport violations, using someone else’s legal documents, illegal possession of special category weapons and entering the country illegally were sentenced from between one to ten years imprisonment.
Those convicted include six Iraqis and one each from Algeria, Egypt, Jordan, Sudan and Syria.
Since its reorganization, under an amendment to CPA order 13, in April 2004, the Central Criminal Court has held 1,826 trials for Coalition-apprehended insurgents. The proceedings have resulted in the conviction of 1,580 individuals with sentences ranging up to death.
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