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At the cost to world peace, the Saudi government experiments with terror on its perceived Shia enemies. Dan Sanchez reports: The Saudis Go Full ISIS In Their US-Backed Takfiri War on the Shia Saudi Arabia has perpetrated a mass execution that puts ISIS’s beach beheadings to shame. Forty-seven heads rolled on Saturday. One of them belonged to Nimr al-Nimr, a revered Shi’ite cleric who had been sentenced to death for sermons in which he criticized the government (especially for its persecution of the country’s Shi’ite minority). His brother has been sentenced to be crucified.

At the tail end of last year, just days before Saudi Arabia executed 47 people in one day , the US announced approval of more military contracts with the Gulf Kingdom. The executions caused international outrage and have increased tensions with Iran, due to the killing of revered Shia cleric, Sheik Nimr al-Nimr.

Authored by Nick Cohen, originally posted at The Spectator,

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As a refresher, an already volatile situation took a decisive turn for the worst over the weekend when Saudi Arabia executed Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr, sparking outrage across the Shiite community.