Shafaq News- Baghdad
Iraq's Federal Court of Cassation has ordered therelease of Lt. Gen. Nasser Al-Ghannam, who had been imprisoned over the deadlymilitary training camp incident in Nasiriyah, Dhi Qar province, PrimeMinister's adviser Judge Munir Haddad said on Thursday.
Al-Ghannam had been serving a two-year prison sentenceimposed by the First Military Court on Dec. 31, 2025. According to a courtsource who spoke to Shafaq News at the time, he was convicted under Article411(2) of the Military Penal Code and dismissed from service over the FourthMilitary College training camp incident, in which more than 100 newly admittedcadets suffered heat exhaustion and dehydration after running out of drinkingwater, leaving two dead and dozens hospitalized.
The same ruling sentenced Maj. Gen. Abdul SalimAl-Baydani, an administrative officer at the Fourth Military College, to sixmonths in prison. Brig. Gen. Star Jabbar Khudair Al-Rubaie, the college's dean,received a three-year prison sentence under the same article and was alsodismissed from service.
