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Arabia
Saudi Border Guards Kill Ethiopian Smugglers
2014-12-08
[AnNahar] Guards on Soddy Arabia
...a kingdom taking up the bulk of the Arabian peninsula. Its primary economic activity involves exporting oil and soaking Islamic rubes on the annual hajj pilgrimage. The country supports a large number of princes in whatcha might call princely splendor. When the oil runs out the rest of the world is going to kick sand in the Soddy national face...
's southern border with Yemen have killed two Æthiopians trying to smuggle drugs and alcohol into the kingdom, the official SPA news agency reported.
Because there are times when even a stiflingly totalitarian religious life isn't enough to drown the pain...
The agency said late Saturday that another three smugglers were maimed and four police were slightly hurt in a firefight.

Citing a front man for Saudi security forces, it said the incident in a mountainous area of Asir province came after the smugglers opened fire on border guards trying to arrest them.

The Saudi authorities often announce the seizure of drugs in a country where people convicted of smuggling narcotics are beheaded by the sword.

At the end of November, the interior ministry said that more than 41 million amphetamine pills had been seized over the previous 12 months.

Between February and September, around 1,600 Saudis and foreigners had been tossed in the clink
Keep yer hands where we can see 'em, if yez please!
in drugs-related cases, it added.
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