Iraq executes 16 'Qaeda' members for murder
Iraq on Thursday executed 16 Al-Qaeda members convicted of involvement in the massacre of 70 people at a wedding, although they were officially put to death for other murders, a judicial spokesman said
"Sixteen people were executed this morning," Abdelsattar Birakdar told AFP, adding that "all of them were Al-Qaeda members."
Birakdar said that the 16 were convicted of involvement in the massacre of 70 people at a wedding in 2006, but were were put to death for the murder of cooking gas salesmen.
