Americans Trapped in Saudi Arabia 1 of 4: Who Will Move a Mountain?

In 2002, the House Government Reform Committee conducted a series of hearings to expose the plight of American women and children trapped in Saudi Arabia due to a combination of the Saudi government's interpretation of Islamic law (sharia) and the U.S. government's indifference. The staff of the Committee created this video to give voice to the victims. It contains highlights of hearings and news clips about the Committee's investigation into international child abduction, kidnapping, oppression of women in Muslim countries, State Department policies, and the rights of American citizens living abroad to seek shelter in U.S. embassies. For an archive of related material see the Internet Wayback Machine:
http://web.archive.org/web/20021001123220/www.reform.house.gov/saudiarabia.htm

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• Saudi Arabia
• kidnapping
• sharia
• islam
• Dan Burton

[jafost]

I suppose this has nothing to do with Islam either?

Elderly Widow Gets 40 Lashes for "Mingling with Men"

It didn't matter that they were only delivering bread, or that she is elderly and practically raised one of the men as her her son. In Saudi Arabia, the law strictly bans a woman from mixing with men unrelated to her by blood or marriage.

[TheNoproxy]

it is funny how the yanks calls them "american" children and forget they are saudi arabian children.

[Bloodgod40]

America should sever all ties with Saudi Arabia and blow that cesspit into the stone age. Especially the unholy city of Mecca.

Ah, who am I kidding, they never left the stone age anyway...

[TheBardicDruid]

OPEC has bought and paid for our government, they'll not do what's right.

[abujameel2010]

@Vercene and rape there women, loooooooool, and live a pleasant life

[mrx993]

I am a live example of a person who is kidnapped as a child from my US mother, who now don't actually care about me as a son living in Kuwait,, she forced Christian Roman Catholic Values on me, when I became aware in my 20s,, I returned back to Islam, my father's religion who passed away recently. So its only a religion thing, these families are just worried that their children will become or are Muslims, Stop manipulating people with fake emotions.

[peapodsss]

@don4dam

Saudi executes people for something that does not exist. That makes Saudi Arabia infinitely more abusive in human rights than America could ever hope to imagine.

[3Z1Z]

what the hell was that ??!!! those mothers are obviously married to saudi men, and the children are Saudis with Saudi names, governments have nothing to do with that... specially that woman who is saying that she hasn't seen her children for years!! that mean she went home and left them n now wants them back ... n saudi government is the one to blame ... BS

[lahij]

some try want nuke mecca,

[abodeair]

A- How long have you not seen you child?

B- For 5 years

Where the fuck have u been? smoking marijuana, getting laid with strangers, go fuck yourself bitch. your daughter would've become a prostitute if she was with you.