If Romania doesnât make any request, the Americans will send Mohammad Munaf to the Iraqis for him to "take his medicine". Iraqi judicial sources say it is highly probable for Abu Sahar, the leader of the second group that took the Romanian journalists prisoners, to be dead after a military action at Ramadi. Four of Saharâs terrorists are also trialed in Iraq.
Mohammad Munafâs sentence to death, which the Iraqi Justice decided, and the fact that the USA Court refused keeping its citizen looks to have decided the future of the person involved in the kidnapping of the Romanian journalists. Munaf will be handed over for him to take his medicine, no matter the sentence. The interesting part appeared in the statements made the other day by the judicial sources in Baghdad that showed an implication of Romania. The Romanian justice is also interested in investigating Munaf for his actions against the Romanian citizens as well as in interrogating him for the Omar Hayssam case. According to the quoted sources, "as far as Mohammad Munaf is concerned, after the request of the Iraqi Government, the American authorities have stated that Mohammad Munaf will be handed over to the Iraqi authorities, no matter their sentence, if Romania doesnât make any request". We say interesting because the Romanian authorities have repeatedly tried to get Munaf for a trial in Romania. They couldnât ask for the extradition from the Americans, because the international rules for such a request werenât met. At least this was the explanation coming from the Romanian Minister of Justice, Monica Macovei."As far as Mohammad Munaf is concerned, after the request of the Iraqi Government, the American authorities have stated that Mohammad Munaf will be handed over to the Iraqi authorities, no matter their sentence, if Romania doesnât make any request"
"Four more Iraqis involved in the kidnapping of the Romanian journalists, the ones that guarded them have been arrested (â¦) The four are taking part in a different trial than the one in which Munaf had been sentenced to death. Abu Sahar is not in the custody of the Iraqi authorities. It seems he died in a crossfire in Ramadi that took place this year". Judicial Sources in Baghdad
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The Central Iraqi Penal Court has sentenced Mohammad Munaf, Omar Hayssamâs business partner, the man with which he had planned the kidnapping of journalists Marie-Jeanne Ion, Sorin Miscoci and Ovidiu Ohanesian, to death two weeks ago. If the Appeal doesnât change the verdict, Munaf will be hanged according to article no. 421 in the Iraqi Punishment Law. Strange or not, Omar, the brains of the entire operation, is free after he had escaped from Romania.
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Translated by SORIN BALAB