Muhammad showed no sign of emotion as the decisions were read aloud Monday morning, less than two hours after jurors reconvened for a second day of deliberations.
"It's no better than under Saddam, " says Muhammad's 26-year-old sister, Fatimeh, who complains, like countless Iraqis, about the persistent insecurity in post-Saddam Iraq.
The ructions may also strain relations between Dubai and Abu Dhabi, which still has the biggest money bags because it has most of the oil and may no longer be willing to sit back and let Sheikh Muhammad and his men make all the running.