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Saudi shortage of swordsmen prompts approval of executions by firing squad
The Guardian ^
| Monday 11 March 2013 16.13 EDT
| Reuters in Dubai
Posted on 03/11/2013 1:35:22 PM PDT by Pan_Yan
Saudi Arabia has authorised regional governors to approve executions by firing squad as an alternative to public beheading, the customary method of capital punishment in the kingdom, the Arab News reported on Monday . The English-language daily gave no explanation.
But another newspaper, Al Youm, reporting the measure on Sunday, said the reason for the change was a shortage of swordsmen.
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"A shortage in sworsdmen and their unavailability in a number of areas" meant the executioners had to travel long distances sometimes to get to the place of executions, making them sometimes late, the newspaper reported the circular as saying.
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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Foreign Affairs; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: beheading; muhammadsminions; muslims; religionofpeace; rop; saudi; saudiarabia; sharia; sharialaw; tenniselbow; workplaceinjuries
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To: Dr. Bogus Pachysandra
The swordsmen with seniority make it hard for a new guy to get a head on the job. Nice.
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posted on
03/11/2013 2:12:13 PM PDT
by
Tenacious 1
("The British are Coming (to confiscate weapons)" - Paul Revere (We know how that ended))
To: taterjay
“Dont let Obama see the word swordsman.”
Oh he’s quite familiar with it, just in a “different” context.
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posted on
03/11/2013 2:13:51 PM PDT
by
Stormdog
(A rifle transforms one from subject to Citizen)
To: taterjay
Swordsman.
Obama says “Word smith”
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posted on
03/11/2013 2:16:46 PM PDT
by
Zeneta
(No eternal reward will forgive us now for wasting the dawn.)
To: Pan_Yan
Bearded savages becoming a little humane?
To: Tenacious 1
To: Pan_Yan
To: Zeneta
I always thought a swordsman was a soldier, who proved his mettle in combat against other swordsmen, not just an executioner of a bound, helpless human being.
And doesn’t the Saudi executioner require an assistant to poke the condemned with a pointed stick to cause him/her to involuntarily straighten up & expose their neck to a better cutting angle?
Some “swordsman”, indeed.
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posted on
03/11/2013 2:55:53 PM PDT
by
elcid1970
("The Second Amendment is more important than Islam.")
To: Pan_Yan; MeekOneGOP; Conspiracy Guy; DocRock; King Prout; Darksheare; OSHA; martin_fierro; ...
Do you have the beheadings ping list? It was cut off.
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posted on
03/11/2013 2:57:02 PM PDT
by
Slings and Arrows
(You can't have IngSoc without an Emmanuel Goldstein.)
To: elcid1970
Just for fun.
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posted on
03/11/2013 3:06:32 PM PDT
by
Zeneta
(No eternal reward will forgive us now for wasting the dawn.)
To: Pan_Yan
When I was in the UAE a couple of years ago I tried like the Dickens to get a visa for Saudi.at that time at least it appeared that there was *no such thing* as a tourist visa for US citizens.I'd just about sell my soul to go there to watch a beheading.
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posted on
03/11/2013 3:13:05 PM PDT
by
Gay State Conservative
("Progressives" toss the word "racist" around like chimps toss their feces)
To: Pan_Yan
To: Gay State Conservative
Undoubtedly you were there with a company. To get a Saudi visa, have your company sponsor in Saudi Arabia request the visa.
I think the Friday executions are rare however
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posted on
03/11/2013 3:22:48 PM PDT
by
bert
((K.E. N.P. N.C. +12 .....The fairest Deduction to be reduced is the Standard Deduction)
To: Pan_Yan
What are they going to do when they have to cut off the hands and feet of thieves -- shoot em off??
To: Uncle Chip
What are they going to do when they have to cut off the hands and feet of thieves -- shoot em off??Oh my. Still laughing.
To: Pan_Yan
Available in many colors, including checkered headrag... but not Livestrong yellow.
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Labor shortage in Arabia
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posted on
03/11/2013 3:50:37 PM PDT
by
SJackson
(The Pilgrims—Doing the jobs Native Americans wouldn’t do !)
To: bert
Undoubtedly you were there with a company. To get a Saudi visa, have your company sponsor in Saudi Arabia request the visa. Nope,I was on a tourist visa.I got a really cheap fare from JFK to Hong Kong on Emirates and the fare allowed a stopover in the UAE...so I stayed for 3 days and visited with a friend that I went to school with.I've certainly heard of business visas to Saudi but I couldn't get a tourist visa.Either I was going about it wrong (possible but unlikely...I have lots of experience with visas) or they didn't exist.
Oh well....
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posted on
03/11/2013 3:55:20 PM PDT
by
Gay State Conservative
("Progressives" toss the word "racist" around like chimps toss their feces)
To: Slings and Arrows
Ivan Skavinsky Skavar must have been more successful than reported.
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posted on
03/11/2013 4:17:14 PM PDT
by
ApplegateRanch
(Love me, love my guns!©)
To: Gay State Conservative
There are no tourist visas. Everyone entering the Kingdom is reviewed. To get a visa you must have a sponsor.
They fear Palestinians will come in hordes if allowed
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posted on
03/11/2013 4:23:23 PM PDT
by
bert
((K.E. N.P. N.C. +12 .....The fairest Deduction to be reduced is the Standard Deduction)
To: Tennessee Nana
Traditionally, the beheadings are carried out in the central square at the end of Friday mid-day prayers. If the town is walled, they would close & lock the gates, so as to create a captive audience.
When my dad worked in Saudi in the 50s, he made the mistake of going into a town for lunch on a Friday, and saw an execution of (IIRC) 3 criminals.
Unlike the Taliban style slow sawing off with a dull knife, it was one fast stroke with a heavy scimitar. Kneeling & bound, the criminal is first lightly poked in the back of the neck, then, as he flinches his head forward, a roundhouse stroke follow to the neck at the base of the skull.
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posted on
03/11/2013 4:30:05 PM PDT
by
ApplegateRanch
(Love me, love my guns!©)
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