Posted on 11/02/2010 2:31:15 PM PDT by nickcarraway
Vietnamese expats get 45 days each in Saudi prison for slicing the camel alive
A Saudi court sentenced two Vietnamese expatriates to 45 days in prison after they were found guilty of cutting off a leg of a camel alive just to taste its meat, the Saudi Arabic language daily Alwatan reported on Tuesday.
The two sneaked into a farm in the southwestern town of Najran with a heavy metal bar after seeing the camel pasturing alone, the paper said.
They clubbed the camel with the bar on the head and it fell unconscious they cut off its leg and left the farm, the paper said.
They told court they did so because they wanted to taste camel meat the judge sentenced each of them to 45 days in jail but the camel owner is appealing the verdict and demanding SR450,000 in damages.
The paper did not say whether the two did taste the meat.
You know you have hit rock bottom when the SAUDIS call YOU a “Savage”!!!!
Wow! I thought I had heard it all.. but this takes the cake...
Idiots.
Man’s ability to be cruel is quite limitless.
this reminds me of a sheep rustling affair I was unfortunately involved in July 4th 1975
bad move...worse for the sheep....it’s best to shoot or bleed animals one plans on consuming
they should have made sure it was dead
Silly tourists. If they wanted camel meat, all they needed to do is buy something from a street vender.
“Did they try to ride the rest home?”
I hear that camel toe is a delicacy
ROFLMAO!!!!!!!!
Celebrate the diversity! /s
Being that this incident took place in Saudi Arabia, the two fools can’t even claim that they were drunk.
Was wondering when THAT reference would be made.
Good job.
Or *gasp* venture into the local supermarket, where they would have found it, labeled and pre-packaged, like a t-bone steak is, here in the states. I know, because I personally did that in 1980, when I was in "the Magic Kingdom"...
the infowarrior
Saudis are idiots for being muslims in general.
Vietnamese tourists prove they are idiots and might be too stupid to live.
I know alcohol is banned but I this story just screams hold my beer and watch this.
“A camel that smart, you don’t eat him all at once”.
Never thought I would agree with the Saudis on anything.
Never say never.
So let me get this right. It is not okay to cut off a CAMEL’S leg while it is alive but it is perfectly alright to STONE a woman who is alive. Right... gotta love these folks. They have it all figured out.
Well, if the camel committed adultery...
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