Saudi Prosecutor Asks for Crucifixion of Jailed Shia Cleric
▻http://riyadhbureau.com/blog/2013/3/nemer-prosecution
A Saudi public prosecutor is pushing for the death sentence in the case of a detained Shia cleric from Qatif, local media reported Tuesday. The prosecutor is seeking to apply the punishment of heraba, death by crucifixion, against Sheikh Nemer al-Nemer, a firebrand preacher who was arrested in July 2012 after a car chase in the town of Awwamiya in the Eastern Province.
This statment comes on the same day as the crucifying of a Yemeni (previously behaded) in Jizan
▻http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/03/27/saudi-arabia-beheads-and-crucifies-convicted-yemeni-murderer
How a U.S. Citizen Came to Be in America’s Cross Hairs
▻http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/10/world/middleeast/anwar-al-awlaki-a-us-citizen-in-americas-cross-hairs.html
A group of men who had just finished breakfast scrambled to get to their trucks. One was Anwar al-Awlaki, the firebrand preacher, born in New Mexico, who had evolved from a peddler of Internet hatred to a senior operative in Al Qaeda’s branch in Yemen. Another was Samir Khan, another American citizen who had moved to Yemen from North Carolina and was the creative force behind Inspire, the militant group’s English-language Internet magazine.
Two of the Predator drones pointed lasers on the trucks to pinpoint the targets, while the larger Reapers took aim. The Reaper pilots, operating their planes from thousands of miles away, readied for the missile shots, and fired.
Zigouiller des étrangers, pourquoi pas, mais des citoyens américains, faut réfléchir ...
#drones #exécutions
The NYT Grants David Barron and Marty Lederman a Mulligan on 18 USC 1119
▻http://www.emptywheel.net/2013/03/09/the-nyt-grants-david-barron-and-marty-lederman-a-mulligan-on-18-usc-1119
Pour « emptywheel », l’article du NYT est un ensemble de roueries destinées à démontrer que les arguments de Obama pour justifier ses assassinats sont différents de ceux de Bush.