Tuesday, June 05, 2007
I am not making this up, but Mr. Bush in his speech in Prague today offered praise for the march of liberty in...Egypt and Saudi Arabia (although he timidly asked for more of the same (oppression and tyranny, I guess): "Among recent cases is that of a man who was allegedly beaten to death in the capital, Riyadh, after a raid on his home on suspicion that he was dealing in alcohol. In the north-western region of Tabuk, a man died of what the authorities said was a heart attack while he was detained by the religious police for apparently letting into his car a woman who was not a relative (another offence in Saudi Arabia), His family is asking for an autopsy, suspecting he had been physically abused. Last week, a woman fell from the fourth floor of a building in the Red Sea city of Jeddah as the religious police were raiding the premises. On Monday the Okaz daily reported that an investigation had been launched in Najran, in the south of the country, after a student alleged he had been beaten by the religious police for having inappropriate pictures in his wallet." (thanks May)