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Le_Canard
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Re: [UAE] Two get life term for possessing marijuana [Re: D.M.T]
#18549344 - 07/12/13 03:24 PM (10 years, 10 months ago) |
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Geeze, that's harsh, but you gotta remember to to not get yer freak on if you're in a foreign country.
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D.M.T
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Re: [UAE] Two get life term for possessing marijuana [Re: Le_Canard]
#18549917 - 07/12/13 05:50 PM (10 years, 10 months ago) |
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Dh2,000 equals about $544 in US currency, so I'm guessing they stuck em with life for ripping them the hell off, or there might be some faulty reporting somewhere. Keep in mind their location by Saudi Arabia. Certainly not a tolerant Muslim region, even alcohol is banned.
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Re: [UAE] Two get life term for possessing marijuana [Re: D.M.T]
#18550054 - 07/12/13 06:18 PM (10 years, 10 months ago) |
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/7234786.stm
Check out this shit! Those fuckin' muslims are wack!
Dude arrested in the airport for poppy seeds on his shirt from a bagel he ate for breakfast. I'd bet those prices in op's post are correct....that shit is just so dangerous to have.
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Re: [UAE] Two get life term for possessing marijuana [Re: JCSuperstar]
#18550078 - 07/12/13 06:22 PM (10 years, 10 months ago) |
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Now I understand how all the money came to Saudi Arabia.
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dokunai
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Re: [UAE] Two get life term for possessing marijuana [Re: theonlysun81]
#18550089 - 07/12/13 06:25 PM (10 years, 10 months ago) |
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ooplik said: I have changed planes in Dubai. Not a fun experience. Apparently the UAE cops can grab you out of the airport Terminal and demand you give a urine or blood sample which they will take by force if they want to. If any drugs, they deem illegal, are in your system your charged with "possession".
this cant be true
I agree, it can't be true. If anything it would happen once and someone would flip the fuck out and it would be an international incident
I think you are both very naive. Try bringing a pornographic magazine or pint of vodka to Saudi Arabia and see what happens.
I don't mean to single you guys out or call you dumb at all. I just happen to know people who lived in these regions prior to coming to the US, and you would not believe how brutal they are in punishing certain behaviors. I have a friend from Iran who told me about watching his 12 year old friend get both of his cheeks ripped open from where the lips meet up to the ear for saying a bad thing about the Ayatollah Khomeini. Sharia law and traditional values are on a totally different level than most of us can even begin to comprehend.
I agree that some regions are definitely tolerant to hashish and poppy production, but in generalthe arab world views such as offenses against allah. If you offend allah and live in the mid-east, better be prepared for the devout to do everything in their power to murder or torture you in the name of god. Since most of the gov't over there is devoutly, insanely, unquestioningly muslim, well... you get the idea I hope.
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Re: [UAE] Two get life term for possessing marijuana [Re: dokunai]
#18550373 - 07/12/13 07:35 PM (10 years, 10 months ago) |
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Nuke Middle East.
Got it.
This was a joke. It may be in poor taste, but I do not actually advocate any sort of nuclear weapons. Conventional means of genocide are just fine.
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Re: [UAE] Two get life term for possessing marijuana [Re: Toe_Jam] 1
#18550637 - 07/12/13 08:44 PM (10 years, 10 months ago) |
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hopefully these guy end up on Locked Up Abroad...
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Re: [UAE] Two get life term for possessing marijuana [Re: cops]
#18551157 - 07/12/13 11:27 PM (10 years, 10 months ago) |
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Dubai is such a fucked up place altogether. Sending out ads to poor foreigners promising good pay, then taking away their passports when they arrive so they can't leave and paying them significantly less than they promised with shit working conditions. Pretty much modern day slavery. Not surprised that you'd get life in prison for weed over there. Fuck Dubai
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Re: [UAE] Two get life term for possessing marijuana [Re: Eminence]
#18552423 - 07/13/13 10:48 AM (10 years, 10 months ago) |
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Un-freakin-believable
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Re: [UAE] Two get life term for possessing marijuana [Re: ImmortalZodd]
#18552672 - 07/13/13 11:51 AM (10 years, 10 months ago) |
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The UAE is always finding creative ways to control the 90% expat population. If your were a citizen, or of the royal family, obviously these laws would matter little.
Dubai should have been called the city of artificial. The people are mostly materialistic, vapid and devoid of original thought, while the islands are man-made and the grass is synthetic.
This really sucks for them, but they shouldn't take local laws lightly when going abroad.
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Re: [UAE] Two get life term for possessing marijuana [Re: P-O]
#18552871 - 07/13/13 12:46 PM (10 years, 10 months ago) |
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Quote:
PostiveOutlook said:
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ooplik said: I have changed planes in Dubai. Not a fun experience. Apparently the UAE cops can grab you out of the airport Terminal and demand you give a urine or blood sample which they will take by force if they want to. If any drugs, they deem illegal, are in your system your charged with "possession".
this cant be true
It is very true. They don't fuck around over there.
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=18842015
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The head of Fair Trials International warrants that customs authorities in Dubai will even test a traveler's blood or urine and put them in prison if they find a tiny trace amount of anything they consider a dangerous substance.
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Re: [UAE] Two get life term for possessing marijuana [Re: Can-i-bus]
#18553312 - 07/13/13 02:52 PM (10 years, 10 months ago) |
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UN pressure and Saudi-style Islamic law (Resembling Wahabbi sharia) make cannabis and other drugs very punishable in UAE. Even poppy seeds can land you life in prison. Traditionally, cannabis was used more than alcohol in the Middle East, especially towards Afghanistan/Pakistan/Iran.
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Re: [UAE] Two get life term for possessing marijuana [Re: aperson444]
#18553661 - 07/13/13 04:34 PM (10 years, 10 months ago) |
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Yeah, I heard there's also pretty hefty fines for spitting on the ground over there too. Very strange place...
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Re: [UAE] Two get life term for possessing marijuana [Re: D.M.T]
#18554020 - 07/13/13 05:44 PM (10 years, 10 months ago) |
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