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| Saudi Lays down Tough Penalties for 'Terror' Offenses | |
| 2014-02-04 | |
| [An Nahar] King Abdullah Monday decreed jail terms of up to 20 years for belonging to "terrorist groups" and fighting abroad, as it struggles to deter Islamist Saudis from becoming jihadists. "Taking part in combat outside the kingdom, in any form" will be punished by jail terms of between three and 20 years, said the decree published by state news agency SPA.
Supporting such groups, adopting their ideology or promoting them "through speech or writing" would also incur prison terms, the decree added. 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... set up specialized terrorism courts in 2011 to try dozens of nationals and foreigners accused of belonging to Al-Qaeda or being involved in a wave of bloody attacks that swept the country from 2003. Scores of Saudis are believed to have joined Islamist Death Eaters fighting in Syria, where Riyadh is a strong backer of the nearly three-year rebellion against the regime of Hereditary President-for-Life Bashir Pencilneckal-Assad Lord of the Baath... | |
| Posted by:Fred |