a big fat huh? i'm bewildered (well more than that)

#1) the case is all ok now because some media reports had ONE judge listening to the case when in reality there were THREE (who punished the VICTIM OF A GANG RAPE)

#2) the departing homeland security adviser, frances townsend said, while the sentence was 'reprehensible' in the end EVERYTHING WAS OK BECAUSE SAUDI ARABIA HELPS US FIGHT TERRORISM (does she actually know WHERE the perps of 9/11 trained? came out of? were helped by? hmmmmmmmmmm)

#3) the ministry said it was all ok because THE VICTIM OF GANG RAPE agreed with her sentence (perhaps she did. perhaps her choice was agreement OR beheading. i sure don't doubt that for a second)

there's more but my blood is boiling and i'm just going to stop now

Saudi: Why we punished rape victim

CNN) -- The Saudi Justice Ministry Tuesday issued a "clarification" of a court's handling of a rape case and the increased punishment -- including 200 lashes --meted out to the victim. The case, which has sparked media scrutiny of the Saudi legal system, centers on a married woman. The 19-year-old and an unrelated man were abducted, and she was raped by a group of seven men more than a year ago, according to Abdulrahman al-Lahim, the attorney who represented her in court.
The woman was originally sentenced in October 2006 to 90 lashes. But that sentence was more than doubled to 200 lashes and six months in prison by the Qatif General Court, because she spoke to the media about the case, a court source told Middle Eastern daily newspaper Arab News.......





...........Under law in Saudi Arabia, women are subject to numerous restrictions, including a strict dress code, a prohibition against driving and a requirement that they get a man's permission to travel or have surgery. Women are also not allowed to testify in court unless it is about a private matter that was not observed by a man, and they are not allowed to vote.............



and these asswipes are our buds. HELL NO. if i don't like the morals or beliefs or actions of a 'friend' of mine, i f**king kick them OUT of my sandbox NEVER to return again. i don't care WHAT they have to offer me. i have ethics

her husband speaks Saudi rape victim 'a crushed human being'
CNN) -- The husband of a Saudi rape victim sentenced to 200 lashes and six months in prison said his wife is "a crushed human being," and blamed one judge with a personal vendetta -- and not the Saudi judicial system -- for treating her as a criminal. But he said Saudi society was respectful of women and he had faith that his wife would get justice.
In March 2006, the woman, then 18 and engaged to be married, and an unrelated man were abducted from a mall in Qatif, Saudi Arabia and raped by a group of seven men.
In October, the men were convicted and sentenced to between two and nine years in prison for the assault. She was convicted of violating the kingdom's strict Islamic law by not having a male guardian with her at the mall.
"From the outset, my wife was dealt with as a guilty person who committed a crime," said her 24-year-old husband. "She was not given any chance to prove her innocence or describe how she was a victim of multiple brutal rapes."

my original posting on this