Pubdate: Mon, 14 Apr 2003
Source: New Zealand Herald (New Zealand)
Copyright: 2003 New Zealand Herald
Contact:  http://www.nzherald.co.nz/
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SAUDI ARABIA EXECUTES IRAQI FOR DRUG SMUGGLING

RIYADH - Saudi Arabia, which implements strict Islamic sharia law, executed 
an Iraqi man on Sunday for smuggling hashish into the kingdom, the Interior 
Ministry said.

The conservative Gulf state executes murderers, rapists and drug smugglers, 
usually by public beheading.

The execution raised to at least three the number of people reported to 
have been put to death in the kingdom so far this year. At least 45 people 
were executed last year, 75 people in 2001 and 121 in 2000.
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