Saudi Arabia Beheads Marijuana Smuggler; 41st Execution This Year

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http://ap.tbo.com/ap/breaking/MGABXNF3LKD.html

Saudi Arabia Beheads Marijuana Smuggler; Forty-First Execution This Year Under Strict Laws

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) - A Saudi drug trafficker was beheaded Sunday, a Ministry of Interior statement said. snip

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

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[JohnKleeb]

1. jesus christ

nice way of excuting :puke: well any form is wrong but this is :puke:

[soothsayer]

2. no wonder the bfee like these cats

Nothing like a little human sacrifice to cheer one up.

Anyone else first think the "snip" above referred to the beheading? Urf.

[LearnedHand]

8. Yup. I did. GROSS!

n/t

[BJ]

3. What I don't get is why Fundies hate Islam?

I know Bible-thumpers who'd agree with this.

[_NorCal_D_]

6. Fundamentalists

are probably jealous of their theoretical dictatorships.

:eyes:

[snippy]

4. Did Bush get wood?

[truth2power]

11. LOL!! Good one.

I expect he did. :evilgrin:

[moondust]

18. Asscroft wet his diaper.

[kentuck]

5. At least they're not as bad as that dictator Saddam....

Are they??

[Brucey]

7. And stupid ass Americans

keep saying how little crime we'd have if we were only like Saudi Arabia! Yes, that is the kind of society I would like to live in. Why compare ourselves to Denmark, say, when there's good ole Saudi Arabya.

[abb9]

9. Saudi arabia

Beheaded for Ganja? and these are the Regimes that our 'Oh so moral Bush and his warmongers keep.
It makes me feel good I am not a believer.
Religion,so far as I am concerned overall,has proven to be a hinderance for humans to love and respect each other,and also looks to me that it will be the downfall for the universe as we know it,and the end of us all.

All the non believers in the world from begining of time,could have never done 00.5% of the death,destruction,pain and misery that religion has caused mankind in this world.

[newyawker99]

13. Hi abb9!!

Welcome to DU!! :toast:

[DoYouEverWonder]

16. It does seem

that religion is the root of all evil.

BTW: Welcome to DU. :hi:

[mike_c]

10. even allowing fof cultural relativism...

...that's barbaric.

[loudnclear]

12. Whose rule is it anyway that marijuana should be illegal?

Didn't God (Allah) say he gave man every herb-bearing plant to be used?

Marijuana is illegal, yet prescription drugs that can cause much more damage to the user is legal. Another area where the rich oligarchy gets to have all the pleasure while anything that even occurs naturally that might give some pleasure to the peons is made illegal. If it weren't for the fact that so many 'fat cats' were alcoholics, we would still have prohibition.

[Keithpotkin]

14. see guys, its not the oil

its cause the suadis and the bushs hold similar views on 'wacky tobacci'

[ParanoidPat]

15. Saudi Arabia gives a whole new meaning to....

....being a "head"! :evilfrown:

[Fovea]

17. So which direction are we going to move America?

Riyadh, or Toronto?

[MnFats]

19. Some news organization with cojones ought to...

....get videotape the next time they do a multiple execution and broadcast it....

many would endorse it, of course, and contend that the U.S. ought to do the same thing....but i think more would be horrified and start questioning our relationship with that bloody family-run fiefdom...

[moof]

20. beheading for armed robbery ...

thought they just disarmed robbers permanently ?

[belab13]

21. shape of things to come

[LynneSin]

22. Wow, they're catching up to Bush's record in Texas

Geez, how many people did that idiot kill while he was governor in Texas. It's funny how they forget about the 10 Commandments when it comes to stuff like Capital Punishment

:puke:

[gulliver]

23. The guy should have told the Saudis he was ...

... an America-hating terrorist. Then they would have left him alone.