{"id":91770,"date":"2016-08-21T15:18:53","date_gmt":"2016-08-21T15:18:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/uncategorized\/2016\/08\/21\/iraq-executes-36-men-convicted-in-islamic-state-massacre\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T09:22:48","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T09:22:48","slug":"iraq-executes-36-men-convicted-in-islamic-state-massacre","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/news\/2016\/08\/21\/iraq-executes-36-men-convicted-in-islamic-state-massacre\/","title":{"rendered":"Iraq executes 36 men convicted in Islamic State massacre"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Iraq mass grave - ISIS\" data-alignment=\"center\" data-object-id=\"00000156-adac-dd0e-ad7f-bdae1edf0000\" data-type=\"image\" src=\"http:\/\/snagfilms-a.akamaihd.net\/26\/b3\/80f871464b59869dc1bce143bc5e\/ap16234382268355.jpg\"\/><figcaption> <span>An Iraqi man prays for his slain relative on April 3, 2015, at the site of a mass grave believed to contain the bodies of Iraqi soldiers killed by Islamic State group militants when they overran Camp Speicher military base, in Tikrit, Iraq, 80 miles (130 kilometers) north of Baghdad.<\/span><\/figcaption><figcaption> <span>Photo Credit: null<\/span><\/figcaption><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br\/>BAGHDAD \u2014 Iraq on Sunday executed 36 men convicted of taking part in the Islamic State group&#8217;s massacre of hundreds of soldiers in 2014, officials said. <br\/><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The men were hanged at the Nasiriyah prison in southern Iraq, according to provincial Gov. Yahya al-Nasiri. \u00a0A Justice Ministry official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to brief reporters, confirmed the executions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">IS captured an estimated 1,700 soldiers after seizing Saddam Hussein&#8217;s hometown of Tikrit in 2014. The soldiers were trying to flee from nearby Camp Speicher, a former U.S. base just outside the northern city. Shortly after taking Tikrit, IS posted graphic images of gunmen shooting the men dead after forcing them to lie face-down in a shallow ditch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Speicher massacre sparked outrage across Iraq and partially fueled the mobilization of Shiite militias in the fight against IS, a Sunni extremist group. 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The men executed on Sunday were sentenced to death by an Iraqi court earlier this year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The head of the provincial council in Salahuddin province, of which Tikrit is the capital, criticized the judicial process, saying some of the men executed Sunday had been tortured to extract confessions. <br\/> <br\/><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1511\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/ap16234382318287.jpg.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-92908\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/ap16234382318287.jpg.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/ap16234382318287.jpg.jpg?resize=300,227 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/ap16234382318287.jpg.jpg?resize=768,580 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/ap16234382318287.jpg.jpg?resize=1024,774 1024w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/ap16234382318287.jpg.jpg?resize=1536,1160 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span>This image posted online by Islamic State militants on June 14, 2014, shows Iraqi cadets captured by ISIS moments before they were killed in Tikrit, Iraq. 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