SAUDI ARABIA. THREE FOREIGNERS BEHEADED
February 4, 2008: Saudi Arabia beheaded an Indian, an Iraqi and a Pakistani after they were convicted of drug smuggling, the interior ministry said. Rashid Akbar Hussein Eddin of India and Wassee-Allah Rafee-Allah Khan of Pakistan were found guilty of trafficking opiates, while Iraqi Ahmed al-Khazali was convicted of smuggling hashish, the ministry said in separate statements carried by the official SPA news agency. (Sources: Inquirer.net, 04/02/2008)
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