STRAIGHTPATH July 26, 2011
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INJUSTICE AGAINST ANSARIS
By Dawn
Recently, there has been a worldwide uproar condemning the the
Iraqi Judicial system who unjustly sentenced 24 innocent victims
to execution. Reports state that this all began in 2009 in the
month of Muharram. Events of war were organised against the
believers of Ahmed al Hassan a.s, which culminated in the killing
of 400 ansars by the combined forces of the Iraqi, American and
British troops. This aggression took place in Basra and Nassriyah,
Iraq. The surviving ansar were subject to a humiliating torture at
the hands of the higher group scholars. This torture was actually
meted out within the four walls of the Governors house.
One must question the logic and justice behind torturing
civilians in the Governors house.
Court proceedings were quickly set in motion and a
harrowing validated the judgement of execution of the 24
innocent Iraqi citizens. Totally unwarranted, but ordered. The
remaining 15 men were sentenced to life imprisonment. Rumors
of signed confessions from the ansar were used to justify the
sentencing though no evidence w \