I saw an article a couple of days ago, where the new top candidate for Prime Minister of Iraq, proposed a law that calls for the death penalty for anyone involved with the insurgency in any way, participating, giving financial aid, not reporting insurgents, etc.

So a liberally applied death penalty seems to be an Iraqi custom.

But this particular incident did involve the courts, albeit not in the way we are used to in the US.

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-- George W. Bush, asked if the tide is turning in Iraq