Iraqi court sentences six French nationals to life for IS group membership
Six French men were sentenced to life in prison by an Iraqi court on Tuesday for membership of the Islamic State (IS) group, according to a source. They are among 47 French IS group suspects transferred from detention facilities in Syria to Iraq last year under an arrangement coordinated by US forces and Iraqi authorities.
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[Claude] The outlets differ: Report 2 says seven French nationals got life sentences, while Reports 1 and 3 say six got life and a seventh got 15 years, so the figures conflict; Report 3 is a fuller version of the same court ruli
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