Racking up the numbers today! If you follow the link to Centcom, be sure to surf around all the releases. Quite a collection this week.

Source Centcom

BAGHDAD, Iraq - The Central Criminal Court of Iraq (CCCI) convicted 99 individuals from May 20 to June 2 for violations of the Iraqi Terrorist Law, Penal Code and Coalition Provisional Authority (CPA) Orders enforced by the Iraqi judiciary.

Six Iraqis were convicted of torture and kidnapping and sentenced to death May 20. Convicted were: Moaazea Khazaal Abdul, 47; Hussein Jihad Hassan, 51; Abd Al Qadar Qasim Jameel, 35; Mustafa Mahmoud Ismael, 31; Qais Habib Aslem, 50; and Islam Mustafa Abd Al Sattar, 20; all from Iraq.

The six kidnapped and tortured an Iraqi man, his son and nephew and held them for $100,000 ransom near the Adhamiyah district in Baghdad. Before being captured by Soldiers from the 1st Battalion 26th Infantry Regiment Sept. 26, 2006, the group killed the man's nephew.

The six were convicted of violating Article 424 of the Iraqi Penal Code. The Central Criminal Court sentenced Marwan Jassim Hamadi, 21; Ali Akil Abass, 19; and Talab Abulla Abbas, 26, to death May 21 for kidnapping and torturing an Iraqi man in Al Anbar province. Marines from the 3rd Recon Battalion, 1st Marine Expeditionary Force, captured the terrorists Nov. 28, 2006 - less than five hours before the terrorists were planning to execute the Iraqi man they had kidnapped. The three were convicted of violating Article 4/1 of the Iraqi Terrorist Law.

Faris Abdallah Alwan, 27, was sentenced to death May 20 by the Central Criminal Court of Iraq for serving as the media and propaganda emir for a terrorist organization. He was captured by Soldiers from the 1st Squadron, 40th Cavalry Division (Airborne) Dec. 13, 2006 in Baghdad.

Faris was convicted for distributing and posting terrorist propaganda on websites in violation of Article 4/1 of the Iraqi Terrorist Law.

Ali Ahmad Abd Al Wahid, 23, and Fawwaz Mukhlif Al Qaydi, 28, were sentenced to death by the CCCI May 28 for violating Article 4/1 of the Iraqi Terrorist Law. Ali, a Libyan citizen, and Fawwaz, a Saudi Arabian citizen, both came to Iraq to conduct terrorist operations. They were captured by Iraqi Army units in Al Anbar and were turned over to Multi-National Forces Feb. 20, 2007.

Ahmed Nory Mohammed, 29, and Hosham Bidawe, 27, were sentenced to death May 30 for engaging in terrorist acts, including kidnapping. The two Iraqis were captured Jan. 9, 2007 by Marines from the 3rd Recon Battalion, 1st Marine Expeditionary Force prior to carrying out a planned execution of an Iraqi doctor. The two were convicted of violating Article 4/1 of the Iraqi Terrorist Law.

Dawud Salaman Al Ubydi, 39, an admitted member of Al Qaeda, was sentenced to death May 30 for participating in suicide bombing and vehicle-borne improvised explosive device attacks on the Sheraton and Al Hamah hotels and arranging transportation for Al Qaeda numerous times for various operations. Dawud was captured Sept. 28, 2006 and was convicted of violating Article 4/1 of the Iraqi Terrorist Law.

Mohammed Ali Khorshed, 29, was sentenced to death May 30 by the CCCI.

Mohammed was the Ansar Al Sunna Military Emir of Baqubah and was responsible for supervising up to 50 insurgents. He admitted to conducting numerous IED attacks against Multi-National Forces and was convicted of violating Article 4/1 of the Iraqi Terrorist Law.

In addition to the death penalty sentences, the Central Criminal Court of Iraq sentenced seven Iraqi's to life imprisonment May 21 and 22 for violating Article 4/1 of the Iraqi Terrorist Law and Article 421 of the Iraq Penal Code for kidnapping.

The Central Criminal Court of Iraq also sentenced seven Iraqis to 30 years imprisonment and 11 Iraqis to 20 years imprisonment for violating CPA Order 3/2003, illegal weapons possession. Twelve Iraqis were sentenced to 15 years imprisonment for organizing, heading, leading or joining an armed group, a violation of Article 194 of the Iraqi Penal Code. Fourteen Iraqis were sentenced to 15 years imprisonment for illegal weapons possession, a violation of CPA Order 3/2003. Two Iraqis were sentenced to 15 years imprisonment for violating Article 4/1 of the Iraqi Terrorist Law and two others were sentenced to 15 years for violating Article 10/1 of the Iraqi Passport Law.

Four Iraqis were sentenced to 10 years imprisonment for violating Article 10/1 of the Iraqi Passport Law; three were sentenced to 10 years imprisonment for violating CPA Order 3/2003, illegal weapons possession; and two were sentenced to 10 years imprisonment for using explosives to harm others, a violation of Article 345 of the Iraqi Penal Code.

Twelve Iraqis were convicted of violating CPA Order 3/2003, possession of illegal weapons, and were sentenced to one to seven years imprisonment; two were convicted of violating Article 27/3 of the Iraqi Penal Code for possession of illegal weapons and were sentenced to one year imprisonment. Five Iraqis were sentenced to two to seven years imprisonment for illegal use of documents, counterfeiting, and using explosives to harm others.

Since its establishment under an amendment to CPA Order 13, in April 2004, the Central Criminal Court has held 2,211 trials for suspected criminals apprehended by Coalition Forces. The Iraqi Court proceedings have resulted in the conviction of 1,957 individuals with sentences ranging from imprisonment to death.

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