Saudi Arabia to execute a witch.

Tefal · 15 Feb 2008 at 11:38

Human Rights Watch has appealed to Saudi Arabia to halt the execution of a woman convicted of witchcraft.

The illiterate woman was detained by religious police in 2005 and allegedly beaten and forced to fingerprint a confession that she could not read.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/7244579.stm

Among her accusers was a man who alleged she made him impotent.

I found this part more disturbing.

Also Ms Falih and her representatives were not allowed to attend most of the hearings.

When an appeal court decided she should not be executed, the law courts imposed the death sentence again, arguing that it would be in the public interest.

.Lethal · 15 Feb 2008 at 11:40

New type of Sim perhaps.

Dolph · 15 Feb 2008 at 11:43

Very disturbing, but then again, much of what Saudi Arabia do is disturbing to those living in the west. It's just a shame that our leaders like them for the oil.

233 · 15 Feb 2008 at 11:43

backward people that they are, should just carpet bomb them all

Tefal · 15 Feb 2008 at 11:45

Foxtrot26 said:
backward people that they are, should just carpet bomb them all

But then we'd have to rebuild the oil wells

peter_hutson · 15 Feb 2008 at 11:46

I look forward to the day that the world breaks free from its dependance on oil. We can then sit back and smile as this backward nation falls apart.

JohnnyG · 15 Feb 2008 at 11:48

I hope they dunk her first just to be sure she is a witch, idiotic heathens.

Azza · 15 Feb 2008 at 11:49

Throw her into a pond and if she floats, what does that make her?

Tefal · 15 Feb 2008 at 11:50

peter_hutson said:
I look forward to the day that the world breaks free from its dependance on oil. We can then sit back and smile as this backward nation falls apart.

problem is by then they will be able to take down a large amount of innocents who aren't as nutty as the leader ship and are just keeping their heads down, to avoid things like this.

wordy · 15 Feb 2008 at 11:50

Azza said:
Throw her into a pond and if she floats, what does that make her?

A battleship?

Darkwave · 15 Feb 2008 at 11:50

I've said this before, and I'll probably say it again...

The only reason I can see for not turning Saudi into glass is that we need their oil.

Tefal · 15 Feb 2008 at 11:54

Ulfhedjinn said:
I've said this before, and I'll probably say it again...

The only reason I can see for not turning Saudi into glass is that we need their oil.

Well their going to have Euro fighters soon aren't that so it's going to get a little more difficult.

We also need their airbases for middle east missions, (which is one of the things osama was so miffed at)

Haiku · 15 Feb 2008 at 11:57

The Middle Ages called... they want their laws back.

V-Spec · 15 Feb 2008 at 11:58

Nice to see things are going well in the dark ages.

Slinwagh · 15 Feb 2008 at 11:59

Azza said:
Throw her into a pond and if she floats, what does that make her?

Buoyant?

Azza · 15 Feb 2008 at 12:00

Slinwagh said:
Buoyant?

Just go away and get back to the kitchen.

Gilly · 15 Feb 2008 at 12:00

Tefal said:
Well their going to have Euro fighters soon aren't that so it's going to get a little more difficult.

Not really. They won't have anything like the pilots we have. Nor the numbers or support.

Carzy · 15 Feb 2008 at 12:00

Good. Had enough of damn witches with their spells.

Bill101 · 15 Feb 2008 at 12:02

They must be backwards as we stopped imprisoning our witches way,way back in the 1940's.

Tefal · 15 Feb 2008 at 12:03

Gilly said:
Not really. They won't have anything like the pilots we have. Nor the numbers or support.

Dunno about numbers I though their air force was massive?

and now days though missiles are fired over the horizon so piloting skills are negated a bit first, but in close range i think ours would be far superior from combat experience alone.