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I live in the Washington DC area. My father used to work with diplomats. Embassies and diplomats work under a different set of rules and laws than the rest of us.... No one checks (or can check) on the hiring polies of embassies (or official diplomats) and its quite possible, even probable, IMHO, that a few of the most extreme, backward Islamist countries' (ie. Saudi or Sudan) embassies and diplomats have slaves.... right here in America.

It wouldn't be hard....find uneducated women from their own country (or the poor hireling countries like India or Sri Lanca mentioned in the ad), who spoke no English, tell them that they will be tortured or killed,if they try to run away, or hold relatives as slaves back in the home country--- keep them indoors under supervision and control and wham, easy to have house "servants" who are really slaves. Actually, I'm almost certain such happens, right under our noses.

I've known aupairs (girls here to care for children, generally from Europe or South Africa) whose working conditions were almost slave-like...and these were educated girls who knew English. Take some 3rd world types, who are cowed into slavery back in the home country...do a little paperwork, calling them family members or etc. and voila, a Saudi Prince has his house slaves from home working for him here.

Slavery was alledgedly outlawed in Wahhabbi Arabia in 1962. The reason it took so long for the US and Wahhabbi Arabia to exchange ambassadors is because the Wahhabbis were afraid our diplomats would attempt to free slaves.

But I thought according to the media that America is the very crux of slavery....Hmmm.....

That is so sad. Is there anything we can do?