2006: 27 at Abu Ghraib Prison
September 6th, 2009 Headsman
On this date in 2006, 27 hanged in Baghdad’s notorious Abu Ghraib Prison.
It was just days after the American occupation forces handed back to the Iraqi government control of Abu Ghraib, scene of such iconic contributions to the annals of human rights abuse as this:
Iraqi prisoners would soon miss the old boss.
In the first (known) mass execution since the reign of Saddam Hussein — whose own turn at the gallows was just a few months away — 26 men and one woman were hanged on a variety of terrorism, murder and kidnapping charges.
“This is the message I have for the terrorists,” Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki said in announcing the executions. “We will see that you get great punishment wherever you are. There is nothing for you but prison and punishment.”
Also on this date
- 1707: Pierre Fatio, Genevan Gracchus
- 1811: John Andrews, whisky man
- 1635: Francisco de Nava, precipitating a church-state conflict
- 1872: Patrick Morrissey, by a future U.S. president
Entry Filed under: 21st Century,Capital Punishment,Common Criminals,Crime,Death Penalty,Execution,Hanged,History,Iraq,Kidnapping,Known But To God,Mass Executions,Murder,Occupation and Colonialism,Ripped from the Headlines,Terrorists,Torture,Wartime Executions,Women
Tags: 2000s, 2006, abu ghraib, baghdad, baghdad central prison, iraq war, nouri al-maliki, september 6
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