KUT, Iraq, May 22: An Iraqi court sentenced three members of the Ansar al-Sunna extremist group to death for rape, murder and kidnapping Sunday, a report said. This was the first time the death penalty was handed in Iraq since the government of Prime Minister Ibrahim Jaafari was sworn in earlier this month. The three men, aged 25, 30 and 44, were found guilty of involvement in 20 different operations during which they killed and captured Iraqi police and raped Iraqi women.—AFP
