The Mahdi Times July 2011 | Page 24

STRAIGHTPATH July 26, 2011 24 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 \