Iraq Army Deserters to be Executed

In a move sure to hurt recruitment efforts the Iraqi government has decided to lay the death penalty on Army deserters. All the way one way or another leads to far fewer players.

Iraqi soldiers who desert their units now face execution, according to a decree by the country’s Presidential Council.

The offense is the latest of nearly 200 others convicted Iraqis are to be punished with death penalty.

The council slapped three-year imprisonment on absentee soldiers.

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I'm sure this will lead to extreme identification measures...

That country is just brimming with newfound freedom and democracy all right. They are going to be thanking us for eternity after all we did for them. Hmm lets see Choice A: Desert and maybe the government will execute me or Choice B: A militant group will kill me and my entire family

Decisions decisions