Posted on 05/05/2018 7:36:20 PM PDT by BenLurkin
Sheikha Latifa - the daughter of the Emirate's ruler - is said to have tried to flee in March in order to live a freer life abroad.
But witnesses say the luxury yacht she was travelling on was intercepted off India, and she was returned to Dubai. She has not been seen since.
Dubai's authorities say they cannot comment for legal reasons.
Sheikha Latifa, the daughter of Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, was snatched while trying to escape the country, according to reports.
A BBC Newsnight investigation, which was broadcast on Friday, claimed she had received the help of a former French spy and a Finnish martial arts instructor.
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Haven’t I seen that movie? James Bond perhaps.
People from Dubai in my building——very nice older couple.
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She’s probably a head shorter by now.
Modern aircraft do exist, including jets.
Islamic property sounds like she has been returned.
Anyone check with queen Latifa?
I remember seeing this gal’s video a while back. She does not have a loving father.
Is she a salt sheikha or a pepper sheikha?
Silly girl. You can’t leave islam.
Besides anywhere you go that used to be safe, are now crawling with muslim acum.
I remember the video as well. If I remember correctly she was in fear for her life and did not expect to be seen again.
That is what she said. Really sad.
To be honest I thought it was hoax at first and she must be a damn good actress. I figured it out it wasn’t. As a disclaimer I saw it immediately after it came out on a site called liveleak. There was a debate as to the legitimacy of it as there are a lot of hoaxes and disinformation perpetuated on liveleak.
It reads like a James Bond 007 plot. Very weird international goings on involving the India navy, Dubai "navy", a French national, a Finnish national, and an American registered ship. It would make a pretty good movie.
Whenever something gets censored on YouTube, Liveleak is the first place I go to look for it.
Yes, they do have jets, but security in airports in the Middle East,(i.e. Emirates, Qatar, Arabia), are orders of magnitude higher than they are here. If you haven’t traveled there you can’t appreciate the scrutiny you get.
Being who she was, they would have never allowed her to board an aircraft to anywhere without the approval of her family. A boat was her only method of escape.
When it came out whomever posted it had "is this a hoax" in the headline. I watched it. A few days later it was all over the place.
Yes, it was her only hope, and she nearly escaped.
This is a tragic case, and I am surprised that there is not more international coverage of the story.
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