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- Saudi says rape victim was adulteress
  Posted by Jeff from Rawstory
  The girl was initially sentenced to prison and 90 lashes for being alone with a man not related to her. When her lawyer, Abdul Rahman al-Lahem, appealed the sentence, he was removed from the case, his license was suspended and the penalty was doubled to 200 lashes.
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- U.S. justice dept launches corruption probe of BAE
  Posted by Billbar from Reuters
  Shares in BAE, Europe's biggest military contractor, fell as much as 10 percent in early Tuesday trading on fears the probe could lead to fines, disrupt the group's extensive interests in the United States, and damage its relations with Saudi Arabia.
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- New Saudi tack on Al Qaeda
  Posted by Jeff from Christian Science Monitor
  What happened, analysts say, is that the Saudis came to view Al Qaeda as a legitimate threat as average Saudis – who had been somewhat supportive of Al Qaeda when its attacks seemed targeted at driving the US out of Afghanistan or Iraq or focused on foreigners in the kingdom – grew disgusted with bloodshed on their own soil.
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- Gates says Washington to sell smart bombs to Saudi Arabia
  Posted by Jeff from Haaretz
  The real reason for Gates trip to the middle east: "U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates said during his visit to Israel that Washington has decided to sell Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM) bombs to Saudi Arabia, Haaretz has learned. A recent discussion in Washington raised the possibility that Jerusalem would ask the U.S. not to sell the satellite-guided smart bombs to the Saudis, but it was decided to reject this request."
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- Interview with Amr Moussa: 'An Offer that Contains the Issues for Peace with Israel'
  Posted by Jeff from Spiegel
  Amr Moussa, secretary general of the Arab League, discusses the recent Saudi peace initiative for the Middle East and the role of the EU in attempting to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict under Angela Merkel.
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- Abdullah: U.S. Occupation 'Illegitimate'
  Posted by Jeff from Huffington Post
  Even Bush's top ally wants us out of Iraq. Thomas Friedman always says you can only count on what Arab leaders say in public, well: King Abdullah denounced the American military presence in Iraq on Wednesday as an "illegitimate foreign occupation" and called on the West to end its financial embargo against the Palestinians.
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- Olmert: Israel mulls Saudi peace plan
  Posted by Jeff from MSNBC
  The Saudi peace initiative, which aimed to solve the Palestinian issue by offering Israel a comprehensive peace, was first proposed in 2002 but never got off the ground. It is expected to be high on the agenda at an Arab League summit later this month in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
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Saudi says rape victim was adulteress

I pray Allah, that the ones who carried this sentence be rewarded with the Hell Fire, they are following their own laws and not the Quran and the Life examlpe of Prophet Muhammad (PBUH)

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11:43 am 11/26/07

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