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The Karkh Criminal Court issued life sentences today, Thursday, against three French nationals convicted of affiliation with the ISIS terrorist organization, in the presence of their legal representatives and officials from the French Embassy in Iraq. A judiciary media statement clarified that the rulings were based on Article 4/1, with reference to Articles 2/1 and 3 of the Anti-Terrorism Law No. 13 of 2005, as well as Article 132/1 of the Penal Code. The statement added that the three convicts were part of a group of 47 French suspects handed over by Iraqi authorities after their detention in northeastern Syria. The First Karkh Investigative Court conducted investigations before referring them to the competent court in accordance with the established legal procedures.
