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Pakistan Girl Was to Be Poker Debt Bride
Newsday ^
| February 27, 2007
| ZARAR KHAN
Posted on 02/27/2007 9:37:35 AM PST by BuffaloJack
KARACHI, Pakistan -- Police are seeking 10 men, including several tribal elders, accused of pressuring a Pakistani woman to hand over her teenage daughter as payment for a 16-year-old poker debt, officials said Tuesday.
In the latest case highlighting how conservative customs threaten women's rights in Pakistan, Nooran Umrani alleges that, despite paying off her late husband's debt of $165, she was threatened with harm if she failed to hand over her daughter, Rasheeda.
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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: middleeast; pakistan; poker; slavery
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To: BuffaloJack
And will the National Organization of Women make any comment on this, highly doubtful.
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posted on
02/27/2007 9:40:26 AM PST
by
GreyFriar
( 3rd Armored Division - Spearhead)
To: CSM; jmc813; Phantom Lord; doubled; Graycliff; Tallguy; Lexington Green; ThinkDifferent; ...
Poker Ping!
Freepmail me if you want on the Poker Ping list.
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posted on
02/27/2007 9:42:34 AM PST
by
frogjerk
(REUTERS: We give smoke and mirrors a bad name)
To: GreyFriar
Yeah, no comment from the American FemiNazis. Like all democrat vermin, they are in a de facto alliance of convenience with their al Queda buddies.
To: GreyFriar
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posted on
02/27/2007 9:43:18 AM PST
by
contemplator
(Capitalism gets no Rock Concerts)
To: BuffaloJack
Isam, it's a beautiful religion... if you're a man
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posted on
02/27/2007 9:46:01 AM PST
by
libertarianPA
(http://www.amarxica.com)
To: BuffaloJack
I hated losing girlfriends in bets.
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posted on
02/27/2007 9:46:15 AM PST
by
Thrownatbirth
(.....when the sidewalks are safe for the little guy.)
To: BuffaloJack
Patricia Ireland is fine with this.
Pray for W and Our Troops
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posted on
02/27/2007 9:48:37 AM PST
by
bray
(Redeploy to Tehran)
To: frogjerk
Now see, this is why I never put my wife in the pot unless I flop the nuts.
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posted on
02/27/2007 9:49:47 AM PST
by
CougarGA7
(Posting nonsense since 2001.)
To: CougarGA7
Now see, this is why I never put my wife in the pot unless I flop the nuts.Too much information?? - ;)
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posted on
02/27/2007 9:54:04 AM PST
by
frogjerk
(REUTERS: We give smoke and mirrors a bad name)
To: frogjerk
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posted on
02/27/2007 9:58:05 AM PST
by
SubGeniusX
("BLAMMO! Eyes melt, skin explodes, everybody dead!")
To: frogjerk
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posted on
02/27/2007 9:58:21 AM PST
by
massgopguy
(I owe everything to George Bailey)
To: libertarianPA
Islam, it's a beautiful religion... if you're a man Isn't there an old deodorant commercial with a similar slogan?
Strong enough for a man, but definitely NOT made for a woman....
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posted on
02/27/2007 10:00:14 AM PST
by
PetroniDE
(We Don't Live in Texas Anymore --- State Name is Now TAXES !! -- No Habla Espanol e Profanito !!)
To: CougarGA7
I put my ex-wife in with a 6 high, but everyone just folded...
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posted on
02/27/2007 10:03:31 AM PST
by
Abathar
(Proudly catching hell for posting without reading the article since 2004)
To: Thrownatbirth
I hated losing girlfriends in bets. You gotta know when to hold 'em.......
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posted on
02/27/2007 10:03:59 AM PST
by
Graybeard58
(Remember and pray for SSgt. Matt Maupin - MIA/POW- Iraq since 04/09/04)
To: frogjerk
Lol.
On top of that, if someone else puts a girlfriend or wife in I fold no matter what I have. Too hard to explain to the missus.
- Hey honey, look what I won!
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posted on
02/27/2007 10:04:30 AM PST
by
CougarGA7
(Posting nonsense since 2001.)
To: Abathar
I have an ex that could make someone fold a royal flush.
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posted on
02/27/2007 10:06:15 AM PST
by
CougarGA7
(Posting nonsense since 2001.)
To: BuffaloJack
This story contains the makings of a really good country music song...or has it already been written?
To: BuffaloJack
Wow, talk about generating some self-esteem issues for both mother AND daughter!!! This will be a doozy!!
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posted on
02/27/2007 10:19:42 AM PST
by
DustyMoment
(FloriDUH - proud inventors of pregnant/hanging chads and judicide!!)
To: BuffaloJack
In December, Musharraf signed into law a bill that makes it easier to prosecute rape cases in the courts, and the country's ruling party recently introduced a bill to outlaw forced marriages, including under tribal custom in which women are married off in order to settle disputes.why?
If it was good enough for civilization in 300 B.C. it should be plenty good for us now!
< /s >
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posted on
02/27/2007 11:13:56 AM PST
by
Publius6961
(MSM: Israelis are killed by rockets; Lebanese are killed by Israelis.)
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