Remember the name, Mohamed Kohail, you'll be hearing it a lot in the next couple of months.
The 16-year old has been convicted of murder in Saudi Arabia and sentenced to public beheading. He has 80-days in which to appeal his sentence.
Turns out it was a schoolyard brawl in which Kohail, came to aid of his brother, Sultan, after he was beset by a gang of a dozen boys, some allegedly armed, who claimed he'd insulted a girl. A punch was thrown and one of the gang. the girl's cousin, fell dead.
Kohail's family says he was often denied access to his lawyer and convicted in a bizarre trial that consisted of nine, 10-minute court sessions.
The Kohail family had gone to Saudi Arabia to attend a relative's wedding, apparently a protracted ritual that entails three ceremonies.
The 16-year old has been convicted of murder in Saudi Arabia and sentenced to public beheading. He has 80-days in which to appeal his sentence.
Turns out it was a schoolyard brawl in which Kohail, came to aid of his brother, Sultan, after he was beset by a gang of a dozen boys, some allegedly armed, who claimed he'd insulted a girl. A punch was thrown and one of the gang. the girl's cousin, fell dead.
Kohail's family says he was often denied access to his lawyer and convicted in a bizarre trial that consisted of nine, 10-minute court sessions.
The Kohail family had gone to Saudi Arabia to attend a relative's wedding, apparently a protracted ritual that entails three ceremonies.
I suppose the CPC supports his execution and will not be intervening.
ReplyDeleteWhooee! Didn't the Con's say they'd refrain from intervening only in democratically ruled countries where the accused had a fair trial? Those criteria are certainly not met in the Saudi kingdom.
ReplyDeleteJB
JB: How many democratically ruled countries still practice the death penalty? Was this stipulation as sanctimonious as it sounds, or, practically does it just allow the Americans do what they want? It sounds like a high polish has been put on that turd, to make it acceptable to the public.
ReplyDeleteHow is this for sentiment?
ReplyDeleteSubject: I don't care, do you?
Written by a housewife in New Brunswick to her local newspaper; this is one ticked off lady:
Are we fighting a war on terror or aren't we?
Was it or was it not started by Islamic people who brought it to our shores on September 11, 2001 and have continually threatened to do so since?
Did nearly three thousand men, women and children die a horrible, burning &/or crushing death that day, or didn't they?
And I'm supposed to care that a few Taliban are claiming to be tortured by a justice system of the nation that some of them come from and are fighting against in a brutal insurgency?
I'll start caring when Osama bin Laden turns himself in and repents for incinerating all those innocent people on 9/11.
I'll care about the Koran when the fanatics in the Middle East start caring about the Holy Bible, the mere belief of which is a crime punishable by beheading in Afghanistan .
I'll care when these thugs tell the world they are sorry for hacking off Nick Berg's head while he screamed through his gurgling slashed throat.
I'll care when the cowardly so-called 'insurgents' in Afghanistan come out and fight like men instead of disrespecting their own religion by hiding in mosques.
I'll care when the mindless zealots who blow themselves up in search of nirvana, care about the innocent children within range of their suicide bombs.
I'll care when the Canadian media stops pretending that their freedom of speech on stories is more important than the lives of the soldiers on the ground or their families waiting at home to hear about them when something happens.
In the meantime, when I hear a story about an allied nations soldier roughing up an insurgent terrorist to obtain information, know this: I don't care.
When I see a wounded terrorist get shot when he is told not to move because he might be booby-trapped, you can take it to the bank: I don't care.
When I hear that a prisoner, who was issued a Koran, a prayer mat and is fed 'special' food that is paid for by my tax dollars, is complaining that his holy book is being 'mishandled,' you can absolutely believe in your heart of hearts: I don't care.
And oh by the way, I've noticed that sometimes it's spelled 'Koran' and other times 'Quran.'
Well, you guessed it.....: Jimmy Crack Corn and: I don't care!!
I think the government claims it's making the usual consular moves in Riyadh - helping the family, etc. And there's nothing remotely democratic about the House of Saud nor does justice in that state meet any standards of fairness. So will Harpo scream and holler about the kid? Question: think Harpo wants the spectacle of a Canadian kid having his head detached by a Saudi sword - in public - on his own head? Of course not. He's such a self-serving bastard. He may be mean-spirited when he can but, deep inside, he's a first class, Born Again chickenshit.
ReplyDeleteNow I remember why I never dated New Brunswick girls. Can you imagine spending the rest of your life under the same roof as that woman?
ReplyDelete