71.   The defense presented a log reporting the incident but the documents had not been available at the original trial.

72.   The court said the judges endorsed the original trial verdict on the grounds that the defendant had failed to show there was a miscarriage of justice.

73.   The men had wanted to call the Jordanian and Iraqi ambassadors during the original trial but the foreign diplomats claimed diplomatic immunity.

74.   The original trial had been criticized by human rights groups like Amnesty International, and last week the European Parliament called for the release of the defendants.

75.   The original trial took place in the town of Saint-Brieuc.