Saudi Arabia Beheads Pakistani, Iraqi Men

[Rose Siding]

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Mattar bin Hussein bin Bakhit al-Khazaali, an Iraqi, was convicted of smuggling hashish into the kingdom and was beheaded in the northern town of Arar, close to the Iraqi border, according to the ministry.

Al-Khazaali is the second Iraqi to be executed in this border town in the past 10 days. Qaied bin Kamal bin Mohammed al-Zayadi, an Iraqi, was convicted of smuggling an undisclosed quantity of hashish into the kingdom and was beheaded in Arar on Dec. 22.

At least 35 people were beheaded in the kingdom in 2004 compared with 52 people in 2003, most of whom were convicted of drug smuggling.

Saudi Arabia follows a strict interpretation of Islam under which people convicted of drug trafficking, murder, rape and armed robbery can be executed. Beheadings are carried out with a sword in public.

http://www.newsday.com/news/nationworld/world/wire/sns-ap-saudi-beheadings,0,1540058.story?coll=sns-ap-world-headlines

[Liberal In Texas]

1. ...and these are the good guys?

The pals of the Bush-nistas.

[Deja Q]

3. Pals until they are no longer needed.

[VegasWolf]

8. Or close bush associates that buy Murikan politicans. n/t

[OutsourceBush]

2. Bush's friends... still living in the dark ages

and taking us back there with them

[jdj]

15. Wow, Bush is getting his ass kicked in public

whut?? The Mousekateer muslims behead people too? Why that makes them as bad as those "insurgents".

[Disturbed]

4. No comments from the Bush Admin.

regarding beheadings when they are done by their allies. Seems that beheadings are only "barbaric" when enemies do them.

[rox63]

6. Who says the Saudis aren't our enemies?

They are certainly a bigger danger to the US than Iraq was prior to *'s invasion.

[jdj]

16. Well, here's what Rumsfeld said about beheadings in Dec:

"...we have a president who was determined to, to not yield to the extremists who are out chopping off people's heads. Imagine if that country were turned over to those people. That's what they do."

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,140349,00.html

[eleonora]

5. And Bush's words on this?

*listening to crickets chirp*

[Rose Siding]

9. He doesn't think his "youthful indescretions" are relevant

and I'm sure he doesn't think he should be convicted for them in Saudi Arabia. ;)

[TexasChick]

7. I swear I cannot stand these callous, twisted, sick MFers! n/t

[LynnTheDem]

10. Gee...where's the OUTRAGE from the freeping rightwingnut bushbots???

Oh silly me, of course...Saudi Arabia = good bush pals, so they can do anything they like.

Freeping rightwingnut hypocritical BushParty Uber Alles means outrage only when Palestinians, Iranians, Syrians, or Iraqis execute by beheading.

[sam sarrha]

11. Get used to it.. the best of them are still living in the 8th Century

[daleo]

12. "...most of whom were convicted of drug smuggling."

Executed for an "undisclosed quantity" of hashish. This probably means "not much".

Here's an update on the Iranian story that was the subject of considerable debate a week or two ago:

last updated on 1st January 2005

Iran: Woman to be buried up to chest and stoned to death
An Iranian woman facing execution by stoning for adultery is believed to still be alive, even though the sentence was reportedly due to have been carried out on Tuesday 21 December. Amnesty International members are writing urgent appeals to the Iranian authorities, calling for the execution to be stopped.

http://www.amnesty.org.uk/

[jdj]

17. Everybody watch "The Midnight Express"

true story about an American's experience in a turkish jail for smuggling hash.

Uneffing real, great movie, Randy Quaid plays a minor character, really well done movie.

[kodi]

13. America's noble ally

.

[cal04]

14. makes me wonder if the Saudi's are the

ones that are doing this in Iraq.

[TexasChick]

18. With these low lifes being chummy chummy with the Chimp family and

the neoCONS, I wouldn't put it past them.

[goforit]

19. I'm sure Bush got a personal video copy from his buddies.

[aikido15]

20. In addition he probably got...

a personal hand-delivered invitation to the public event.

[Bouncy Ball]

21. bush LOVES executions!

Bet he wishes we could bring executions by beheading to Texas. Oh well, at least he got it to where the retarded could be executed, so that's a start!

/sarcasm off