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aerocontrols
17th January 2004, 09:55 AM
BBC article here (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/3404691.stm).

It gives a good view of what opponents of the move think. What do Lebanon's death penalty supporters have to say? I guess the BBC couldn't get any of them to go on the record.

One wonders also what the opinion of the Lebanese public is. And why the BBC didn't see fit to mention it. Actually, I think it's quite likely that if the majority were against these executions, (or even against executions in general) such a fact would play heavily in the BBC story.

MattJ

corplinx
17th January 2004, 01:44 PM
I guess this is their new program to reduce the number of palestinian refugees.

Bjorn
17th January 2004, 07:09 PM
Originally posted by corplinx
I guess this is their new program to reduce the number of palestinian refugees. Badih Hamadeh - Islamic militant faced firing squad for shooting three security officers
Remi Antoine Zaatar - faced firing squad for killing three people in an armed robbery
Ahmed Mansour - hanged for shooting eight colleagues at a government office

Palestinian refugees? :(