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More on American woman killed in Syria
2013-06-03
American woman killed in Syria 'was converted to Islam by her Saudi Arabian husband who hated the West'
From a British newspaper, of course. They do the reporting Americans won't do...
The Muslim ex-husband of American woman Nicole Lynn Mansfield, shot dead in Syria for supposedly fighting with rebel forces, is a religious hardliner who may have indoctrinated her into his beliefs. Ayman Mohammed Bafil, from Saudi Arabia, hates the freedoms that people have in the U.S. and thinks anyone who does not believe in Islam is 'going to hell'.

Bafil has been married three times in his quest to find the perfect housewife.

Bafil, 32, wed his first wife in Saudi Arabia in 2002 under an arranged marriage to a Saudi woman. Both were from strict Sunni Muslim families.

They moved to Eugene, Oregon in 2006 so he could study English and then engineering with a grant from the Saudi government which covered his tuition fees, accommodation and living expenses.

However his wife soon grew unhappy and rebelled at how she was treated. In 2007 they split up and later divorced.
So she's not Ms. Perfect...
Bafil and his first wife have two children, a girl aged nine and a five-year-old boy. They went through a bitter court battle which ended with her being granted custody but he is allowed visitation rights when he returns to the U.S. He does so once or twice a year.
I'm really surprised he didn't just yank the children back to Saudi-controlled Arabia...
In July 2010, Bafil married Nicole in Flint having met her on the Internet but their marriage lasted just over a year. They divorced in August 2011. Her relatives have told MailOnline that it was a 'deal' under which he would get a green card and paid her cash and gave her a van in exchange.
Oh quelle surprise...
By October 2011, Bafil moved onto wife number three and wed Muslim convert Theresa Rutgers, who was 33 at the time and living in Kalamazoo, Michigan.

The pair are now living in Saudi Arabia where he works as an engineer for Saudi Airlines and she is a stay-at-home mother. She has told friends she is extremely happy and loves her new life.

During a phone conversation, Theresa, who was not aware that Nicole had died, said: 'That's awful news. I'm so sorry.

'Ayman never has a bad thing to say about her. I knew they were married but it was not a bitter divorce.'

Nicole's father Greg Mansfield revealed that he contacted the FBI five years ago when Nicole traveled to Dubai and asked them to take away her passport. He has said that he 'knew something wasn't right' and that if they had followed his instructions she would still be alive.
Posted by:Anguper Hupomosing9418

#5  Sometimes there is just no way to fix stupid. Posted by JohnQC

As in this case, and that of Nicole Brown Simpson, the multi-cult thing oftentimes "fixes" itself. :-(
Posted by: Besoeker   2013-06-03 16:15  

#4  so this woman was traipsing around the ME (Dubai and Syria and ?) without a husband or brother minding her?

What a whore
Posted by: Frank G   2013-06-03 14:50  

#3  Sometimes there is just no way to fix stupid. I've seen this kind of story oft-repeated in the U.S. as well--American women get hooked up with Muslim men who hate the West. These women give up their freedom too easily.
Posted by: JohnQC   2013-06-03 12:27  

#2  Besoeker,
The "government rule" is called cheap salaries. Also they can claim to be "temporarily here" for training if the company is setting up a data center in their country. (That's what Target is doing in Minneapolis).

Al
Posted by: Frozen Al   2013-06-03 10:49  

#1  Nicole's father Greg Mansfield revealed that he contacted the FBI five years ago when Nicole traveled to Dubai and asked them to take away her passport. He has said that he 'knew something wasn't right' and that if they had followed his instructions she would still be alive.

Yes of course, that would have stopped her. Nobody ever applies for, or is issued more than one passport. She could have also traveled through on an H-1B..... oh, wait.

* Was in a shopping mall in Bloomington, IL yesterday. Looked like Pakistan or India. Many work for the State Farm or Country Companies, even Cat Tractor Co, which has recently suffered some lay-offs. H-1B employees are not affected by the lay-offs at Cat however. Must be a government rule or something.
Posted by: Besoeker   2013-06-03 07:59  

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