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AFP. 7 January 2002. Eight Iraqis executed for contacts with opposition: Iraqi Communist Party. DUBAI -- Baghdad has executed eight Iraqis alleged to have had "contacts with opposition forces," the opposition Iraqi Communist Party said Monday. The eight men, all from the southern Basra province, were arrested in December 2000 and their bodies returned to their families in November 2001, the party said in a statement datelined from Kurdish-held northern Iraq and received by AFP in Dubai. Charging that there were signs of torture on the bodies of the eight dead, whom it named, the ICP urged humanitarian organisations to intervene to "put an end to the violations of human rights and summary executions in Iraq." The ICP has repeatedly condemned executions in Iraqi prisons, accusing authorities of leading a campaign to "cleanse the jails." Iraqi authorities usually refuse to comment on such allegations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Barry Stoller http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ProletarianNews ==^================================================================ This email was sent to: archive@jab.org EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?a84x2u.a9WB2D Or send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] T O P I C A -- Register now to manage your mail! http://www.topica.com/partner/tag02/register ==^================================================================
