Summary
BAGHDAD, Iraq - Iraqi authorities executed 13 men by hanging Tuesday after they were convicted of murder and kidnapping, lining them up in hoods and green jumpsuits with their hands bound behind their backs.
Television images showed two men standing together on a gallows with nooses around their necks. Several of them stooped, and one had his arm around the shoulder of another as the hooded men stood in a row shortly before they were hanged.See the full content of this document
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Iraq Hangs 13 Convicted in Murder, Kidnapping
The footage also showed a bearded man without a hood as he listened to an official tell him his appeal had been rejected and the sentence was death. "OK," the prisoner said impassively.
The government executed the men after an appeals court and the presidency approved...See the full content of this document
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