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| Iraq bank raiders to be hanged | Iraq bank raiders to be hanged |
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| An Iraqi court has sentenced to death four security force members found guilty of taking part in a bank robbery in which eight guards were killed. | An Iraqi court has sentenced to death four security force members found guilty of taking part in a bank robbery in which eight guards were killed. |
| Gunmen stormed the state-owned Rafidin bank in July and made off with about $5m (£3m) worth of Iraqi dinars. | Gunmen stormed the state-owned Rafidin bank in July and made off with about $5m (£3m) worth of Iraqi dinars. |
| The guards at the bank in the Karrada district of Baghdad were found bound, gagged and shot in a basement, reports at the time of the raid said. | The guards at the bank in the Karrada district of Baghdad were found bound, gagged and shot in a basement, reports at the time of the raid said. |
| Two former bodyguards of Iraq's vice-president were among the accused. | Two former bodyguards of Iraq's vice-president were among the accused. |
| Adel Abdel Mahdi, who belongs to a powerful Shia Muslim political group, has denied any involvement of his party in the crime. | |
| A trail of clues led to the recovery of most of the money at the office of a newspaper owned by Mr Abdel Mahdi, investigators said. | |
| The condemned men were named as Ahmad Khalaf, Ali Eidan, Basheer Khalid and Ali Ouda. | |
| Four other people were being tried in absentia, including a captain in the Presidential Guard, Jafar al-Timimi, and his nephew Lt Amin Karim, the alleged masterminds of the raid. | |
| Their whereabouts are not known. |