Lawmakers Convicted for Zarqawi Remarks
From Times Wire Reports
A military court convicted two Islamist lawmakers of instigating sectarian strife by praising Abu Musab Zarqawi as a martyr after his death in a U.S. airstrike in June.
Mohammed Abu Faris was sentenced to two years in prison and Ali Abu Sukar to 1 1/2 years for their “provocative” remarks about the late Al Qaeda in Iraq leader during and after his wake.
A third legislator was acquitted.
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