Saudi beheads 83 people in 2014, the most in years

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RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) — Saudi authorities beheaded a Pakistani man on Wednesday convicted of smuggling "large quantities" of heroin, the kingdom's state news agency reported, bringing the number of publicly announced executions to its highest level in at least five years.
An Associated Press tally of announcements from the official Saudi Press Agency shows 83 people have been beheaded in Saudi Arabia in 2014, including Wednesday's execution. Most were executed for drug smuggling.
Amnesty International says Saudi Arabia has one of the highest execution rates in the world. The group lists 79 executions in Saudi Arabia in 2013 and 2012, and 82 in 2011 and 2010. The London-based rights group says at least 69 people were executed in 2009.
The countries that carried out the most executions on record last year were Iran, Iraq, Saudi Arabia and the U.S., according to Amnesty International. Last year's figures do not include the thousands of people put to death in China, where such information is a state secret.
The kingdom follows a strict interpretation of Islamic law and applies the death penalty on a number of crimes, such as murder and rape, as well as apostasy and witchcraft. Saudi Arabia has come under particular criticism from rights groups for executions carried out for non-fatal crimes.


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RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) — Saudi authorities beheaded a Pakistani man on Wednesday convicted of smuggling "large quantities" of heroin, the kingdom's state news agency reported, bringing the number of publicly announced executions to its highest level in at least five years.
An Associated Press tally of announcements from the official Saudi Press Agency shows 83 people have been beheaded in Saudi Arabia in 2014, including Wednesday's execution. Most were executed for drug smuggling.
Amnesty International says Saudi Arabia has one of the highest execution rates in the world. The group lists 79 executions in Saudi Arabia in 2013 and 2012, and 82 in 2011 and 2010. The London-based rights group says at least 69 people were executed in 2009.
The countries that carried out the most executions on record last year were Iran, Iraq, Saudi Arabia and the U.S., according to Amnesty International. Last year's figures do not include the thousands of people put to death in China, where such information is a state secret.
The kingdom follows a strict interpretation of Islamic law and applies the death penalty on a number of crimes, such as murder and rape, as well as apostasy and witchcraft. Saudi Arabia has come under particular criticism from rights groups for executions carried out for non-fatal crimes.


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The article is misleading. It states the people were "convicted", leading readers to believe the beheaded victims were given a fair hearing in a court of law...they were not, nothing of the sort!

Saudi executioners decide the fate of these people.

Capital punishment in Saudi Arabia is based on Sharia law. They use forced confessions extracted through torture and many are executed for petty crimes.

But alas!...the Saudi's are butt buddies of the Jews and Jew owned US government, so they get a pass for any and all of their crimes. The terrorists of 9/11 came from and were trained in Saudi Arabia. It was never looked into.

It's a big deal though when ISIS cuts off the head of some American journalist that is in the Middle East only looking for notoriety and profit from that next great story.

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The terrorists of 9/11 came from and were trained in Saudi Arabia. It was never looked into.

And the Dancing Israelis came from Israel.

Governments around the world work together for the goal of a one world government.

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And the Dancing Israelis came from Israel.

Governments around the world work together for the goal of a one world government.

Let me tell you, if I could command the US military for one week, shit, I only need one day...there would be a lot of missing locations from google earth maps.

Israel, Saudi Arabia, London, Switzerland, NYC, DC, all Rothschild owned estates/properties