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| Report: Saudi Arabia court sentences man to 9 years prison, 80 lashes for spying for Israel |
| 2013-10-30 |
| [FOXNEWS] A state-backed Saudi news website says a resident of Jordan has been sentenced to nine years in prison and 80 lashes for spying on the kingdom for Israel. Al-Riyadh Online reported Wednesday that 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 Specialized Criminal Court issued the verdict after the man confessed to spying for Israel. The court said in its verdict that the man, whose name and nationality were not released, had emailed Israeli intelligence officers and accepted money in exchange for spying. The news website says the prosecution and defendant plan to appeal the sentence. The defendant was quoted as telling the court that he was under the influence of drugs and not in a right state of mind when he accepted spying for Israel. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #5 Rantburg is becoming a regular Mecca of Poetry. Allahu Snackbar Pentameter! |
| Posted by: SteveS 2013-10-30 22:22 |
| #4 We have a limerick writer at Rantburg. To wit: Please don't call him a poet. A limerick writer who knows it. A better writer With logic much tighter Than most of the modern day stoics |
| Posted by: badanov 2013-10-30 21:36 |
| #3 the man confessed I was bombed when I took Bibi's shekel My contacts were Heckle and Jeckle I fed pork to a stork I ate fish with a fork And I photographed Abdullah's freckle Sign here: ________________________ |
| Posted by: Zenobia Floger6220 2013-10-30 21:14 |
| #2 Looking at Saudis influence in Pakistan are they friends or foe? |
| Posted by: Ulusoth Shereter7931 2013-10-30 19:49 |
| #1 Didn't they get more than that for the pron shop? |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2013-10-30 17:03 |