Saudi Arabia on Beheading Spree

[Kuwait Times] Four Saudis were beheaded by the sword Monday after being convicted of rape and murder, while an Iraqi and a Pakistani national were executed for drug trafficking, the Interior Ministry said. The six beheadings - one of the highest numbers of executions in one day - brought to 72 the number of executions announced by the Saudi authorities this year, almost double the figure in 2006.