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SAUDI ARABIA. TWO SOLDIERS BEHEADED FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
August 28, 2006: two Saudi soldiers were beheaded with a sword after being convicted of drug smuggling, the Saudi interior ministry said.
Mueid bin Yahya Al-Waeli and Mehdi bin Hamad Al-Mansour, who worked as border guards, were caught while smuggling drugs using a patrol vehicle. They were executed in the northern town of Arar, near the border with Iraq. (Sources: AFP, 29/08/2006)
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