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| Saudi beheads Pakistanis for drug smuggling |
| 2014-01-15 |
| [DAWN] Saudi authorities beheaded Tuesday two Paks for drug smuggling in the ultra-conservative kingdom's first executions of the year, the interior ministry said. Abrar Hussein Nizar Hussein was executed in the Red Sea city of Jeddah after being convicted of trying to smuggle in heroin hidden in his stomach, the ministry said in a statement carried by SPA state news agency. Zahid Khan Barakat was beheaded in Qatif, in Eastern Province, over a similar charge, a separate statement said. Last year, Soddy Arabia ...a kingdom taking up the bulk of the Arabian peninsula. Its primary economic activity involves exporting oil and soaking Islamic rubes on the annual hajj pilgrimage. The country supports a large number of princes in whatcha might call princely splendor. When the oil runs out the rest of the world is going to kick sand in the Soddy national face... executed 78 people, according to an AFP count. In 2012, Saudi Arabia carried out 76 executions, according to a tally based on official figures. Rights group Rape, murder, apostasy, armed robbery and drug trafficking are all punishable by death under the oil-rich nation's strict version of Islamic sharia law. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #2 Two Paks that dont love the Saudis LOL |
| Posted by: Paul D 2014-01-15 11:44 |
| #1 Recidivism rate is kinda low |
| Posted by: Frank G 2014-01-15 10:49 |