Shafaq News- Baghdad
Iraq's Supreme Judicial Council onWednesday directed courts to prosecute individuals involved in the manufacture,use, or possession of drones deployed “in illegal activities,” according to astatement from the council.
Courts have been instructed to applythe country's Anti-Terrorism Law, legislation that carries some of the mostsevere criminal penalties in Iraqi statute, to cases involving drones thatendanger public safety or constitute criminal offenses.
The directive does not specifycategories of prohibited devices or define thresholds for civilian use.
One day earlier, Iraq's Ministry ofDefense established a tactical trench training facility at the Special ForcesSchool, designed to prepare troops for battlefield threats that have come todefine contemporary warfare.
Iraq has faced recurring incidentsin which unmanned aircraft were used in attacks on military installations,energy infrastructure, Iranian opposition parties, and diplomatic compounds onits territory, particularly in the Israeli-US-Iran war.
