Posted on 05/23/2006 8:07:21 PM PDT by SandRat
BAGHDAD, Iraq – The Central Criminal Court of Iraq convicted 12 security detainees May 10 through May 16 for various crimes including organizing, heading, leading, joining armed groups, murder and possessing illegal weapons.
The trial court found Mahdi Ahmed Musa Ali al Jabouri guilty of violating Article 194 and Article 406 of the Iraqi Penal Code for organizing, heading, leading, joining armed groups and murder, and sentenced him to death. Coalition Forces apprehended him for leading a terror cell in Mosul. The defendant said he believes in killing Coalition Forces, Iraqi Police and Iraqi National Guard members because he says they are not enforcing God’s will. The defendant has regularly kidnapped people, interrogated them and then killed them, frequently in front of their families. He has attacked Iraqi Police stations with sniper shots and RPGs, stolen their computers and weapons and set the stations on fire. The defendant confessed to the murder of an Iraqi National Guard colonel in order to discourage people from supporting the Iraqi government.
The trial court found Kareem Abdellah Sabbar, Munzir Ali Khamis, Qasey Hamid Abid and Khaleel Abid Al-Hussein Ali guilty of violating Article 194 of the IPC for joining armed groups to endanger innocent people’s lives and to unsettle the stability and security of the state of Iraq. They were also found guilty of violating Article 27 of the IPC for possession of illegal weapons and were sentenced to life imprisonment.
Coalition Forces apprehended them after searching their house where they found five 122mm mortars, five functional charges, a burlap sack with five types of rounds and increments for other mortars and one AK-47 with four magazines. Coalition Forces returned to the site the next day and completed a detailed search of the property where they found a kidnapped Egyptian man who had been held there for 18 days and had been severely beaten and tortured. The Egyptian man positively identified one of the defendants as one of his captors. Coalition troops also discovered more than 15,000 machine gun rounds, mortar rounds, IED-making material, grenades, one machine gun, mortar tubes, RPGs with ammunition, and AK-47 ammunition less than 50 meters away from the house.
The trial court found Saddaa Sayed Mohammed guilty of violating Article 10 of the Iraqi Passport Laws for illegal entry into Iraq and sentenced him to 15 years imprisonment. Coalition Forces apprehended him after searching a suspected insurgent safe house. The defendant is Syrian and entered Iraq to fight the Coalition.
The trial court found Hamad Hassan Fadel and Athab Hussein Fadel guilty of violating Coalition Provisional Authority Order No. 3 for possession of illegal weapons and sentenced them to 10 years imprisonment each. Coalition Forces apprehended both defendants in a vehicle after engaging them in a firefight involving small arms and RPGs. Coalition troops conducted a search of the vehicle where they found a dead body as well as two AK-47s, one PKM machine gun, an RPG launcher, explosives, nine full magazines, four grenades and multiple RPG rounds.
The trial court found Ali Mohammed Ali guilty of violating Coalition Provisional Authority Order No. 3 for possession of illegal weapons and sentenced him to seven years imprisonment. Coalition Forces apprehended him after searching his home where they found one rocket-propelled grenade launcher and three RPG rockets. The defendant resisted arrest and attempted to flee his house.
The trial court found Mohammed Rumayed Hassan guilty of violating Coalition Provisional Authority Order No. 3 for possession of illegal weapons and sentenced him to six years imprisonment. Coalition Forces apprehended him after searching his home where they found potential IED-making devices, including five 60mm mortars, a cell phone, five phone bases, wire, circuit boards and a washing machine timer. The trial court found Abbas Fadel Muslet guilty of violating Coalition Provisional Authority Order No. 3 for possession of illegal weapons and sentenced him to two years imprisonment. Coalition Forces apprehended him after searching his home and business where they found three AK-47s and multiple rounds of ammunition.
The trial court found Saeed Ridah Nour guilty of violating Article 10 of the Iraqi Passport Laws for illegal entry into Iraq and sentenced him to two years imprisonment. Coalition Force and the Iraqi National Guard apprehended him at a vehicle checkpoint because he did not have a passport. The defendant is Iranian and claimed that he was going to Karbala to meet 25 Iranian friends.
Upon conviction, all defendants are turned over to the Iraqi Corrections Service to serve their sentences.
To date, the CCCI has held 1069 trials of insurgents suspected of anti-Iraqi and anti-Coalition activities threatening the security of Iraq and targeting MNF-I. These proceedings have resulted in 960 individual convictions with sentences ranging up to death.
For more information, contact LTC KEIR-KEVIN CURRY AT KEIRKEVIN.CURRY@IRAQ.CENTCOM.MIL or CAPT TRACY GILES AT TRACY.GILES@IRAQ.CENTCOM.MIL
GOOD WAR NEWS that Murtha and company won't like.
EXCELLENT NEWS,
wake me when Sadr is on the list. They need to dust Mookie and quick.
Maybe WE could take leassons here.....
"The trial court found Saeed Ridah Nour guilty of violating Article 10 of the Iraqi Passport Laws for illegal entry into Iraq and sentenced him to two years imprisonment. Coalition Force and the Iraqi National Guard apprehended him at a vehicle checkpoint because he did not have a passport. The defendant is Iranian and claimed that he was going to Karbala to meet 25 Iranian friends."
What's this? Actually punishing an illegal border jumper?
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