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Tuesday, 13 February 2007 |
MULTI-NATIONAL FORCE-IRAQ
COMBINED PRESS INFORMATION CENTER
BAGHDAD, Iraq
http://www.mnf-iraq.com
703.270.0320 / 0299
February 14, 2007
Release A070214c
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
CCCI convicts 13 insurgents
One sentenced to death, one sentenced to 15 years imprisonment
BAGHDAD, Iraq — The Central Criminal Court of Iraq convicted 13 terrorists from Feb. 2 - 10, for various crimes including possession of illegal weapons, possessing fake identification, violating terrorism laws and illegal border crossing.
The trial court found an Iraqi man guilty of violating the Anti-Terrorist Law. On Nov. 24 2004, Coalition forces and Iraqi Army were searching vehicles at a gas station near Khalidiyah. Coalition Forces approached the defendant’s vehicle and asked him to open the trunk. Forces discovered a 130mm artillery round along with wires, detonation strips and an IED behind the driver’s seat. On Feb. 7 the trial panel found the defendant guilty and sentenced him to death.
The trial court found a Syrian man guilty of entering the country illegally in violation of the Passport Law. On Feb. 2, 2005, MNF-I detained the defendant in an insurgent safe house. On multiple occasions the defendant provided accurate details of his illegal entry into Iraq along with another Syrian national. More specifically the defendant admitted to being a lieutenant in the Syrian Intelligence sent to Iraq to oversee a small group of foreign fighters that use mortars around Mosul and recruit Iraqis for suicide missions against MNF-I. On Feb. 4 the trial panel found the defendant guilty and sentenced him to 15 years imprisonment.
In total, the insurgents were convicted of passport violations, possessing and using false ID’s, possessing explosives, violating the anit-terrorist laws and illegal possession of special category weapons. They were sentenced to between six and 15 years imprisonment and death. Amongst those convicted were 10 Iraqis and three Syrians.
Since its reorganization, under an amendment to CPA order 13, in April 2004, the Central Criminal Court has held 1,867 trials for Coalition-apprehended insurgents. The proceedings have resulted in the conviction of 1,607 individuals with sentences ranging up to death.
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