Death penalty to be applied (In Iraq, to "safeguard peoples’ souls")

[Barrett808]

(Al-Bayan) – A Ministry of Justice official source said the ministerial council has decided to apply the death penalty as per Article 26 of the Transitional Administrative Law, soon after issuing it in the courts. The source added that use of the death penalty was to safeguard peoples’ souls, to care for human rights, and to protect the country’s internal security. The death penalty would be applied to those violating national security, committing crimes of general danger such as using chemicals or germ warfare, drug trafficking, funding terrorist actions and kidnapping.
(Al-Bayan is issued four times weekly by the Islamic Dawa Party.)

http://www.iwpr.net/archive/ipm/ipm_163.html