Diyala (IraqiNews.com) Diyala Criminal Court has sentenced four convicts to death over joining a terrorist group and committing crimes in the province in 2007, the High Judicial Council announced on Monday.In a statement, Abdul-Sattar al-Bayraqdar, a spokesperson of the council, said "the court reviewed cases of four suspects who were convicted for joining al-Qaeda and carrying out terrorist operations."
Among the operations, according to the statement, were "kidnapping and killing five members of one family and stealing money after attacking their house in al-Ghalibiya region, Diyala, in 2007."
Moreover, the security committee of Diyala provincial council said three Islamic State
...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling
Allaharound with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not
reallyMoslems....
members were sentenced to death.
Speaking to AlSumaria News, Sadeq al-Husseini, head of the committee, said "judiciary in Diyala sentenced three members of Islamic State to death, while the four others were sentenced to life.
Husseini added that several terrorism cases will be finalized soon.