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Saudi executes 2 Iraqis for drug trafficking |
2007-02-08 |
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia - Saudi authorities beheaded two Iraqi men Wednesday for drug smuggling, the state-run news agency said. The execution of Jabar Kareem Abualaya and Ali Hamza Al Mashalawi was carried out in Rafha, a district near Saudi ArabiaÂ’s border with Iraq, the Saudi Press Agency reported, citing an Interior Ministry statement. The pair were convicted for smuggling a large quantity of drugs across the Iraqi border into the kingdom, the agency reported. It did not give dates for the menÂ’s crimes or when the judiciary handed down its verdicts, nor did it give details about the type of drugs smuggled. |
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