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| Thankful for Freedom: Havasu woman recounts abuse, captivity in Saudi Arabia |
| 2004-11-29 |
| For years, all that Ashley could think about was escaping. She woke up thinking about it. All day, it ate away at her. At night, it was her last thought before she fell asleep. And in the morning, it was there again, that constant need to get away from her husband and the repressive country where they lived. Ashley was little more than a prisoner in Saudi Arabia for 14 years, married to a traditionalist husband who had lured her to his country and then laughed derisively when she wanted to leave. |
| Posted by:tipper |
| #6 Gotta admire how Islam honors and protects their women and children.... /SARCASM |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2004-11-29 4:55:33 PM |
| #5 I second Shipman's guidance. More important, THE STATE DEPARTMENT HELPED! They very obviously had a lot to do with this, or at least some renegade GS-5-7 who'll be reassigned to--well, Hell, I can't think of a worse Hellhole to transfer her to (could be a him, I know). About damned time Americans trapped in that Hell got some help from their own countrymen. |
| Posted by: longtime lurker 2004-11-29 4:19:16 PM |
| #4 This is absolutely textbook - right up to the point where she actually managed to escape. That makes this story are rare as hen's teeth. Good for them, they will do fine - as long as the Great Sleepy Lion of Islam, Ol' Dimwit, doesn't find them. My regret is that he isn't rotting in a jail somewhere, getting a taste of his own medicine. A modern cautionary tale. |
| Posted by: .com 2004-11-29 12:00:47 PM |
| #3 Does anyone else besides me think giving the amount of details being given in the article is a remarkably bad idea? |
| Posted by: Phil Fraering 2004-11-29 11:43:26 AM |
| #2 That's a touching story. |
| Posted by: Crusader 2004-11-29 11:26:05 AM |
| #1 Her son doesn't need couseling, he needs a gun. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2004-11-29 11:15:59 AM |