* Rise in Saudi beheadings in last two months * Executions coincide with U.S. bombing of Islamic State * Defenders of death penalty in Saudi reject comparison with IS By Angus McDowall RIYADH, Oct 20 (Reuters) - Immediately after his sword falls, the Saudi Arabian executioner steps backwards to avoid soiling his clothes with the blood of the condemned man, whose headless body can be seen slumping over backwards in the shaky online film. ...
10-21-2014, 01:00 AM
Saudi Arabia steps up beheadings; some see political message
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