From the article: "Saudis Import Slaves to America"
Although slavery was abolished in the kingdom in 1962, the practice still flourishes there.
Ranking Saudi religious authorities endorse slavery; for example, Sheikh Saleh Al-Fawzan insisted recently that
"Slavery is a part of Islam" and whoever wants it abolished is "an infidel."
The U.S. State Department knows about the forced servitude in Saudi households and laws exist to combat this scourge but, as Mr. Mowbray argues, it "refuses to take measures to combat it."
Finally, Saudis know they can get away with nearly any misbehavior.
Their embassy provides funds, letters of support, lawyers, retroactive diplomatic immunity, former U.S. ambassadors as troubleshooters, and even aircraft out of the country; it also keeps pesky witnesses away.
Given the American government's lax attitude toward the Saudis, slavery in (New York,) Denver, Miami, Washington, Houston, Boston, and Orlando hardly comes as a surprise.
Only when Washington more robustly represents American interests will Saudi behavior improve.
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,171531,00.html
Hamas Members Kidnapped: Cops Raid West Bank Town
Friday, October 07, 2005
YATTA, West Bank — Palestinian police went door-to-door early Friday in this West Bank town and arrested 30 suspected criminals in a crackdown aimed at restoring law and order in the chaotic territories, the local police chief said.
Washington Monument evacuated due to bomb threat.