All the President's Women: Our Friends the Saudis hold Americans hostage, State Department shrugs

Wall St Journal ^ | 6-26-02

[SJackson]

White House spokesman Ari Fleischer should stop referring to grown women as children. The women in question are Amjad Radwan and Alia and Aisha Gheshayan, three American citizens in Saudi Arabia whose fate has finally become an issue for Congress.

[Honcho]

The President really, really droped the ball on this one. Hell, even Dashole is got the jump on this issue.

[FITZ]

When American women marry these Arab men, they should be aware of the Saudi culture --I don't see why the government should get involved ----looking at the names, it seems the children were to be more Arab than American.

[Cachelot]

Someone, in some dark state department recess, probably knows how many American women have been abducted to Saudi Arabia. And is happily keeping mum.

[SJackson]

I'm not sure about the ones mentioned here, but several of the high profile cases with the Saudis were child abductions. That number is kept deep in the recesses.

[Cachelot]

but several of the high profile cases with the Saudis were child abductions

Yes. But I think anyone looking into this stuff will find that the bulk of the cases involve adults, and are not high-profile. In fact, not mentioned hardly at all.

And that these victims of the Saudis are kept as hostages.

[RichardsSweetRose]

Ping

[PoppingSmoke]

Take down the Saudi's and you will change the face of the middle east over night! Fat chance though....

[sheik yerbouty]

Gary Condit may know something...

[AdamSelene235]

the Saudi government urges Americans to "listen to America's leaders" when it comes to the "facts" about the country that spawned 15 of the 19 September 11 hijackers. It features President Bush vouching for how the Saudis have been "nothing but cooperative."

[Cachelot]

Gary Condit may know something...

He may indeed.