-Caveat Lector- >From http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow.asp?art_id=18779946
Saudi beheads Indian for smuggling heroin REUTERS [ SUNDAY, AUGUST 11, 2002 7:07:23 PM ] RIYADH: Saudi Arabia has executed an Indian man for smuggling heroin and flogged 12 teenage boys in public for harassing women, Saudi media reported on Sunday. The youths were given 15 lashes each for "flirting and bothering families" at a park designated for families in the conservative Muslim kingdom, al-Eqtisadiah newspaper said. Police flogged the youths immediately after catching them in the park in the resort of Taif. The boys had entered the enclosure by scaling the walls. Saudi Arabia's strict implementation of Islamic sharia law bans unrelated men and women from mixing before marriage. The paper did not make clear when the floggings happened. In a separate case an Indian man was beheaded on Sunday for smuggling an unspecified amount of heroin into the kingdom, the official Saudi Press Agency said. The execution in the eastern Khobar province raised to at least 27 the number of people put to death in the Gulf Arab state this year. Drug smugglers, murderers and rapists are usually executed by public beheading. At least 75 people were executed in the country last year and 121 in 2000. Other punishments in the kingdom include stoning for adultery and flogging for relatively minor crimes including alcohol consumption. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ A<>E<>R + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + Forwarded as information only; I don't believe everything I read or send (but that doesn't stop me from considering it; obviously SOMEBODY thinks it's important) + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. section 107, this material is distributed without charge or profit to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving this type of information for non-profit research and educational purposes only. + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + "Always do sober what you said you'd do drunk. That will teach you to keep your mouth shut." --- Ernest Hemingway <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/";>www.ctrl.org</A> DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance�not soap-boxing�please! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'�with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright frauds�is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html <A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html";>Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]</A> http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ <A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/";>ctrl</A> ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
