IRAQ: 10 PRISONERS EXECUTED FOR TERRORISM

November 11, 2012: Iraqi authorities executed 10 prisoners for terrorism convictions, the Ministry of Justice announced.
The prisoners -- nine Iraqis and one Egyptian -- were put to death in the latest of several executions carried out by Iraqi authorities in recent months, despite a United Nations call for restraint.
"The Iraqi Justice Ministry carried out the executions by hanging 10 inmates after it was approved by the presidential council," the ministry said in a statement.
Since November of 2011, more than 120 people have been executed in Iraq, according to a CNN tally. Sixty-five of them were put to death in the first 40 days of 2012. (Sources: CNN, 11/11/2012)