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Three French nationals jailed for life in Iraq for Islamic State ties

BAGHDAD, Oct 29 (Reuters) - Three French nationals were sentenced to life in prison in Iraq on Thursday for belonging to Islamic State, with their lawyers and French embassy representatives present at the hearing, a court statement said. The three were among 47 French Islamic State suspects transferred from detention facilities in northeast Syria to Iraq last year. On Tuesday, six French nationals from the same group were sentenced to life in prison and a seventh to 15 years for belonging to the