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Saudi Death Sentence for Militant who Kidnapped, Killed U.S. Man
2014-08-20
[AnNahar] A court in Riyadh has sentenced an al-Qaeda member to death for the 2004 kidnap and murder of U.S. citizen Paul Marshall, local media reported on Tuesday.
It is possible his name is actually Paul Marshall Johnson, Jr., which would explain paragraph 3 of this article.
The court specializing in terror cases also imposed jail terms of four to 30 years on 13 co-defendants, including two Syrians who were members of the same al-Qaeda cell, in a verdict announced on Monday evening.

Johnson was kidnapped by al-Qaeda in Riyadh in 2004, held hostage and beaten to death, then beheaded by his kidnappers who posted a video of his execution on the Internet, Ashaq Al-Awsat reported, citing the indictment.
A reminder that ISIS is doing nothing new, just an awful lot more of it.
The 14 defendants belonged to a 50-member al-Qaeda cell that is alleged to have murdered the American, been involved in an attack on Riyadh police headquarters and to have planned strikes on the U.S. and British embassies in the Saudi capital, official SPA news agency reported.

They were also convicted of smuggling in heavy weapons from Iraq, launching armed attacks on police, belonging to al-Qaeda and showing disrespect to Saudi rulers, the news agency said.
Goodness. The lads have been busy.
The court is expected to give a verdict in the next few days on the other members of the cell.
"Guilty, all o'yez! Bailiff, send them to our deepest dungeon, and tickle their feet for 'em! If it's good enough for foreign "drug dealers", it's good enough for the likes o'them."
Saudi courts began in June 2011 to pass sentence on hundreds of people accused of involvement in bloody al-Qaeda attacks across the Gulf kingdom from 2003 to 2006.

The government launched a relentless crackdown on the bad boy network, including a campaign of arrests, to wipe out the local al-Qaeda branch.
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Posted by: Jerkface Killa   2014-08-20 21:58  

#7  One thinks of General Sherman's 300,000, and the crucified Jews stretching the length of the road from Jerusalem to Rome, if I recall correctly, and the claim of one billion Moslems in the world... and prays there is another way to achieve the same end.
Posted by: trailing wife   2014-08-20 15:42  

#6  The only way terrorism is actually going to be defeated will be when society's multiple buttholes become terrified at the thought of becoming a terrorist. It has to lead to either painful death or to a deep dark dungeon attended by an albino.

Whichever path they take, it has to be accompanied by a roundup and punishment of their immediate friends and acquaintances. The father who sez "he wuz framed" should get his own place in the dungeon and the mother who sez "he wuz a good boy" should join him.

Vespasian would have handled the bastards like he did Massada. Naturally the UN would want to try him for war crimes.
Posted by: Fred   2014-08-20 11:00  

#5  It seems a change at the top is having some results. Just last month Prince Khalid bin Bandar was named to the post of chief of general intelligence. In little more than a year's time he has held the posts of deputy defense minister, and previous to that governor of Riyadh region. He is the son of Prince Bandar, who it was reported was forced out. He is said to be much more purposeful and much less the schmoozer than the old man. It is said that he wanted to make an example of the terrorists, and he may be having his way.
Posted by: Beldar Sloque3832   2014-08-20 10:41  

#4  Muhammadanism allowed them to cooperate with each other in---making, really extensive, acts of robbery and murder possible

Yes, it was (is?) quite effective at uniting and disciplining disparate tribes.

Which is why the Left seems so fascinated with it, and would be more so, if it weren't for the religion and a few other icky parts.
Posted by: Pappy   2014-08-20 08:44  

#3  savagery and barbarism are the foundation principles of their shared creed/religion.

Disagree. Savagery/sadism and endless appetite for other people property is part of their basic nature. Muhammadanism allowed them to cooperate with each other in---making, really extensive, acts of robbery and murder possible.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2014-08-20 07:50  

#2  Savagery and barbarism resides in all of these groups.

...because savagery and barbarism are the foundation principles of their shared creed/religion.
Posted by: AlanC   2014-08-20 07:31  

#1  A reminder that ISIS is doing nothing new, just an awful lot more of it.

The talking heads on TV make fine distinctions between AQ, ISIS and others. Not worth bothering with such distinctions. Savagery and barbarism resides in all of these groups. AQ pulled of 911; it doesn't get much worse than that. However, it could if we don't control our borders.
Posted by: JohnQC   2014-08-20 07:16  

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