27 die in mass Iraqi execution

[damntexdem]

http://www.upi.com/NewsTrack/view.php?StoryID=20060908-125328-8655r

"BAGHDAD, Sept. 8 (UPI) -- Twenty-six men and one woman were hanged in Iraq's first mass execution since the overthrow of Saddam Hussein.

All the condemned had been convicted of terror and criminal charges, officials said. The executions were carried out at the Abu Ghraib prison where several gallows are erected, The Telegraph, a British newspaper, reported.



Mass executions were stopped after coalition troops ousted Saddam three years ago."



New government just getting the hang of it in Iraq. Wow, what a difference from Saddam's reign!

[MrModerate]

1. So do these get included in the counts of the victims . . .

of sectarian strife? Or is hanging not one of the approved causes of death for inclusion on the list?

[damntexdem]

3. My, guess is: excluded. They likely think that ...

no noose is good news.

[shain from kane]

2. W., the Executioner, is running the show now. n/t

[maddezmom]

4. locking

Not Latest Breaking News, article is dated 9/12.