Saudi executes Nigerian drug trafficker

The Saudi barbarians continue on with beheadings, but at least they're running behind last years record of 153.

FROM IOL.CO.ZA:

Saudi executes Nigerian drug trafficker

Riyadh - A convicted Nigerian drug trafficker was beheaded by the sword on Wednesday in the holy city of Mecca, in western Saudi Arabia, the interior ministry said.

Shuaib Ali Mohammed, who had previous convictions for drug smuggling, was sentenced to death for trafficking cocaine, the ministry said in a statement quoted by official news agency SPA, without providing further details.

The beheading brings to 66 the number of executions announced by Saudi Arabia in 2008.

In 2007, a record 153 people were executed in the Arab kingdom, which applies a strict version of sharia, or Islamic law. This figure compared with 37 beheaded in 2006.

Rape, murder, apostasy, armed robbery and drug trafficking can all carry the death penalty in the ultra-conservative country, where executions are usually carried out in public.