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Iraq executes 11 people despite international outcry
BBC News ^
| 7 October 2012 | Last updated at 10:12 ET
Posted on 10/07/2012 4:59:21 PM PDT by Olog-hai
Eleven people have been executed in Iraq, bringing the number of executions this year to at least 113.
Ten Iraqis and one Algerian were put to death on Sunday, the justice ministry told the BBC. The men were convicted of terrorist activities, reports say.
The high number of executions has led to international calls for a moratorium on Baghdad's use of the death penalty. …
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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: deathpenalty; iran; iraq; religionofpeace
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posted on
10/07/2012 4:59:30 PM PDT
by
Olog-hai
To: Olog-hai
Since I live in Texas....this might or might not be a bad thing.
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posted on
10/07/2012 5:03:05 PM PDT
by
berdie
To: berdie
If they really were terrorists, then good.
3
posted on
10/07/2012 5:08:14 PM PDT
by
samtheman
(Obama. Mugabe. Chavez. (Obamugavez))
To: Olog-hai
A dead Islamist is a good Islamist...
4
posted on
10/07/2012 5:10:37 PM PDT
by
blam
To: Olog-hai
Death for terrorism? What’s wrong with that?
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posted on
10/07/2012 5:18:24 PM PDT
by
Carriage Hill
(Libs, dems, unions, leftist scum & murderous muzzies - are like bacteria: attack, attack, attack!)
To: Olog-hai
Executing a terrorist ensures he will not be freed to kill again by an al-Queda jailbreak, nor by some future politician.
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posted on
10/07/2012 5:20:46 PM PDT
by
PapaBear3625
(Charlie Daniels - Payback Time http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EWwTJj_nosI)
To: carriage_hill
Most likely UN and European left-wing self-righteousness.
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posted on
10/07/2012 5:22:08 PM PDT
by
Olog-hai
To: Olog-hai
They could execute a 113 a day and I couldn’t care less.
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posted on
10/07/2012 5:31:29 PM PDT
by
bigheadfred
(wowza)
To: bigheadfred
Me either.
Who said that the Middle East produces two things: oil and dead bodies? That seems correct to me.
9
posted on
10/07/2012 5:50:54 PM PDT
by
OldPossum
To: Olog-hai
Well, at least they arent waterboarding them.........
10
posted on
10/07/2012 7:09:53 PM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Is it just me, or is Hillary! starting to look like Benjamin Franklin?.................)
To: PapaBear3625
Definitely. lowers the recidivism rate.....
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posted on
10/07/2012 7:10:57 PM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Is it just me, or is Hillary! starting to look like Benjamin Franklin?.................)
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