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Obama helps U.S. woman fight Palestinian husband for their daughters
Haaretz ^ | 7-31-08 | ap

Posted on 07/31/2008 1:47:07 PM PDT by Nachum

An American woman fighting to get back four daughters living in the West Bank with their Palestinian father has gotten unusually high-powered help - from Barack Obama. The U.S. presidential hopeful raised the case of the Chicago-area woman in his meeting with Palestinian leaders last week, and won a promise from Prime Minister Salam Fayyad to look into the matter. And that's how the private battle between Yasser and Colleen Barghouti, which spans continents and cultures, took a public turn. In separate interviews, the two offered conflicting explanations of what brought the family to Barghouti's home village of Kobar in June 2007. Advertisement It's a village of several thousand people 10 minutes from the city of Ramallah, where Obama met with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Fayyad last week.

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Israel; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: barghouti; daughters; fight; obama; obamasbigadventure; palestinian

1 posted on 07/31/2008 1:47:07 PM PDT by Nachum
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To: Nachum

If will be interesting to see if the palestinians revere the messiah the same way the @assholes in the MSM rever him! Bet we don’t here about it when the palestinians tell him that it’s none of his business and he can go f%^& himself!


2 posted on 07/31/2008 1:50:49 PM PDT by Devilinbaggypants (He who wishes to give little shouldn't ask for much.)
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To: Nachum

A promise to “look into the matter” is like a promise from a fox to look after the chickens.


3 posted on 07/31/2008 1:54:33 PM PDT by FixitGuy (By their fruits shall ye know them!)
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To: Nachum

“won a promise from Prime Minister Salam Fayyad to look into the matter.”

A classic put off. yawwwn


4 posted on 07/31/2008 1:55:03 PM PDT by DeLaine
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To: DeLaine

The woman married a muslim. Too bad!


5 posted on 07/31/2008 2:11:58 PM PDT by yorkie01
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To: DeLaine

Amazing that this idiot reporter buys into this. I had a friend years ago that lost her children to a middle eastern man. Our govt CANNOT help, women have no rights in these countries. The children will not be given passports without the permission of the father and if they are girls, without travelling with thier father.


6 posted on 07/31/2008 2:14:31 PM PDT by mpackard (Proud mama of a Sailor.)
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To: mpackard

I don’t suppose Obama made any of these sorts of calls BEFORE he was running for President???


7 posted on 07/31/2008 2:44:27 PM PDT by Dianna
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Good, I'm glad he's doing something for constituents.

Any bets on how long it takes to "look into it"?

Or whether Obama sponsors a bill to withold aid until cases like this are resolved?

8 posted on 07/31/2008 3:25:52 PM PDT by SJackson (Barack Obama will not be coming to us, I don't know why, Spokesperson US military hospital Landstuhl)
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To: Nachum

We have paid Billions for promises from the Palestinians, none have paid back. Every treaty they have signed they have broken. Better to print the promises from terrorists on toilet paper so it has some use.


10 posted on 07/31/2008 4:04:13 PM PDT by American in Israel (A wise man's heart directs him to the right, but the foolish mans heart directs him toward the left.)
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To: Nachum

How many years ago did Sally Field make that movie? 20 years ago? And still stupid Western women marry Muslims.

How stupid, insecure and in denial are these women?


11 posted on 07/31/2008 4:39:38 PM PDT by Alouette (Vicious Babushka)
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To: Nachum
MORE PHOTO-OPS, if this does not benefit this perfidious politician, the lady needs to look elsewhere for help.
12 posted on 08/01/2008 12:04:53 AM PDT by Paige ("All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing," Edmund Burke)
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To: Nachum
MORE PHOTO-OPS, if this does not benefit this perfidious politician, the lady needs to look elsewhere for help.
13 posted on 08/01/2008 12:05:04 AM PDT by Paige ("All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing," Edmund Burke)
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To: Nachum
So, how much pull would an apostate Muslim have over there?
14 posted on 08/01/2008 6:52:59 AM PDT by Constitutionalist Conservative (Global Warming Heretic -- http://agw-heretic.blogspot.com)
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