US military sources in Iraq announced [MNF-Iraq press release] Saturday that earlier this month the Central Criminal Court of Iraq sentenced 16 security detainees accused of terrorism law breaches, illegal weapons possession and border breaches to punishments ranging from death to a year's imprisonment. The heaviest punishment was imposed on a Libyan accused of being a member of al Qaeda in Iraq, who was sentenced to death by hanging as provided under Iraqi law. Most of the other condemned defendants sentenced between December 1 and December 7 were Iraqis, not including two Syrians and two Saudis accused of passport violations, illegal possession of special category weapons and failure to renew resident identification.
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