QUOTE: 8 September 2006 - An
Iraqi Justice Ministry official said two of those hanged had been convicted of
terrorism charges, and the other 25 – including a woman – were convicted of
murder and kidnap.
News of the executions was made public by Nouri al-Maliki,
the prime minister, when he attended a ceremony to mark the transfer of control
of Iraq's military from the United States to the recently elected government.
"This is the message I have for the
terrorists," he said of the hanged prisoners, "we will see that you get great punishment wherever you
are. There is nothing for you but prison and punishment."
AUTHOR: Nouri
al-Maliki A.K.A Nouri Kamil Mohammed Hasan al-Maliki (Arabic: نوري كامل محمّد حسن
المالكي, transliterated Nūrī Kāmil al-Mālikī; born June 20, 1950), also known
as Jawad al-Maliki or Abu Esraa, is the Prime Minister of Iraq and the
secretary-general of the Islamic Dawa Party. Al-Maliki and his government
succeeded the Iraqi Transitional Government. His 37-member Cabinet was approved
by the National Assembly and sworn in on May 20, 2006. Al-Maliki began his
political career as a Shia dissident under Saddam Hussein's regime in the late
1970s and rose to prominence after he fled a death sentence into exile for 24
years. During his time abroad, he became a senior leader of Dawa, coordinated
the activities of anti-Saddam guerillas and built relationships with Iranian
and Syrian officials whose help he sought in overthrowing Saddam.
APPLICATION: Unlike
President Jalal Talabani who is an opponent of the death penalty, Prime
Minister Nouri al-Maliki is an ardent supporter. I do respect him for wiping
out evildoers and especially, putting terrorists to death.
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