Prophecy News Watch – November 9 , 2008 - The Bridge Calvary ...

She was asked several times to review her confession but she stressed that she wantedSharia law and the deserved punishment to apply, they said.But a witness who spoke to the BBC's Today programme said she had been crying andhad to be forced into a hole before the stoning, reported to have taken place in afootball stadium."More than 1,000 people arrived there," he said."After two hours, the Islamic administration in Kismayo brought the lady to the place andwhen she came out she said: 'What do you want from me?'""They said: 'We will do what Allah has instructed us'. She said: 'I'm not going, I'm notgoing. Don't kill me, don't kill me.'"A few minutes later more than 50 men tried to stone her."'Checked by nurses'The witness said people crowding round to see the execution said it was "awful"."People were saying this was not good for Sharia law, this was not good for humanrights, this was not good for anything."But no-one tried to stop the Islamist officials, who were armed, the witness said. He saidone boy was shot in the confusion.According to Amnesty International, nurses were sent to check during the stoningwhether the victim was still alive. They removed her from the ground and declared thatshe was, before she was replaced so the stoning could continue.The port of Kismayo was seized in August by a coalition of forces loyal to rebel leaderHassan Turki, and al-Shabab, the country's main radical Islamist insurgent organisation.Mr Turki is on the US list of "financers of terrorism".It was the first reported execution by stoning in the southern port city since Islamistinsurgents captured it.The BBC had a reporter in the area, but he was shot dead in Kismayo in June.