Saudi Cops Grab U.S. Woman In Starbucks

Kingdom's Religious Police Take Her To Jail For Sitting With Man In Coffee Shop

(CBS)  An American businesswoman was carted off to jail by religious police in Saudi Arabia for sitting with a male colleague at a Starbucks in Riyadh, the Times of London reported.

The woman, who spent a day behind bars, was strip-searched and forced to sign a false confession before being released, the newspaper said. The Times declined to publish her name at her request.

The 37-year-old businesswoman works for a finance company in Riyadh. Her problem began when her office lost electricity. She and her male colleagues then went to a nearby Starbucks to use the coffee shop's Internet connection.

She sat with a male colleague in the Starbucks' family area, the only place women are allowed to sit with men.

“Some men came up to us with very long beards and white dresses. They asked 'Why are you here together?' I explained about the power being out in our office. They got very angry and told me what I was doing was a great sin,” she told the Times.

Following her arrest and interrogation, the woman was hauled before a judge.

“He said 'You are sinful and you are going to burn in hell.' I told him I was sorry. I was very submissive. I had given up. I felt hopeless,” she told the Times.

The newspaper said the woman had received a visit from officials at the U.S. embassy in Saudi Arabia. A U.S. official told The Times that it was being treated as “an internal Saudi matter” and refused to comment on her case.

[kstar42]

tuckerndfw, you''''re an idiot.
Posted by BobCu at 09:57 PM : Feb 09, 2008

I couldn''t agree with you more

[bobcu]

tuckerndfw, you''re an idiot.

[john55121]

The moslem extemist repression of women reminds me of a line from a movie....."no ones *** is that small".

[john55121]

She should have known how bizarre the customs of the moslom countries are and not to have gone to the starbucks. She should have known how intolerant they are. how strange their laws.
Although it is a shame that the moslem relgious police don''t have a little common sense in realizing that it is bad PR for them to punish a woman for doing what she can do in any other nonmoslem country in the world.
I blame the last three presidents or more for not having an energy policy that would really make us not need any oil for our energy. We would not have to deal with these countries who''s only wealth is oil, not culture. Now they have the money and can try to export their primative repressive culture. IT kind of like the american indian using our greed against us in the casinoes. (I don''t thing the american indians have a repressive culture, they are just getting back at us for what we did to them in the past) We have onlyselves to blame for allowing us to be dependent.

[croft777]

It''''s slightly flattering that others consider me worthy of their attention but it is pathetic they are so desperate for attention that they jump through hoops attempting to get mine.


I don''t see one person on here thats flattered by you, and your not doing it to amuse yourself, your doing it because thats what you believe, and you want to make people mad. And another thing I don''t need your attention because I would never agree with your thinking. I don''t think most people would except those fruit loop muslim extremist.

[croft777]

And, finally, I post comments to amuse me and for no other purpose. I have plenty of real life friends, I''''m not here to make new ones.tuckerndfw

sure you do ol'' Tucker boy. I bet you got the women flocking you.I don''t think I know one athiest who even defends Islam. They trash it more then anything.
Another thing, Christians and Jews are not going around and blowing themselves to bits, they are not taking their children into war, using them as guards to protect themselves, and they are not the ones who are trying to make the world Islamic. Let it go dude, if you have any conscience you would know the difference between right and wrong,and what these extremist muslims have done , there is not one excuse.

[croft777]

This is not the second world war any more and you can%u2019t put those Muslims in concentration camps just like you did with the Japanese 60 years ago. STOP THE RELIGIOUS HATE CRIME. Do not become an extremist yourself.

buddy, cry me a river.How can you compare two people kissing in Starbucks in texas to two employees sitting in a Starbucks doing work in Saudi,thats stupid. The two cultures are different, Amercia is civilized, Saudi is not. I never put no Japanese in camps.
But I don''t consider myself a friend of the extreme muslins.They can take their barbaric ways and shove it where the moon don''t shine. I just want the innocent Saudi''s to be freed in that God forsaken country.

[kstar42]

That is way to funny!!! Lets sing it again :)

[croft777]

ok, next!

[croft777]

Now woman I beg stay awayyyyy, American women, do what I say......out quit hitting me, stop it, your hurting me!!!

American woman: Say it again tucker, I''ll hang you by your toenails!!

[croft777]

Tucker will be singing........American Woman, stay away from meeeeee. American women, honey let me beeeeeeee. I don''t want you comming around my door...cause I''m afraid you''ll kick my azzz once more.......lol

[croft777]

tuckerndfw There aren''''t many Middle Easterners named "Tucker.""DFW" is most often associated with Dallas-Ft Worth. Which is in Texas.I am a fifth generation Texan, y''''all. You really need to seek professional help for your insanity. Or, have your medication checked if you are already under psychiatric care.

Dude, you are a towel head, let me rephrase that "YOU- ARE- A -TOWEL- HEAD!" Make no mistake ,I can pick them out 100 miles away. You are not an American, American men do not talk about women that way, and they don''t defend Islam. You lie. Go back to the dark cave you crawled out of, we don''t need to hear your barbaric thinking. You might want to watch having an aditude like that, women are not weak like the muslim women are, they work out , you might get your azzz kicked, shorty!!

[kstar42]

There aren''''t many Middle Easterners named "Tucker."
Posted by tuckerndfw at 11:23 AM : Feb 09, 2008

Do you really think were that stupid! Do you really think I would give you my name. By the way Tucker rhymes with f***er

[kstar42]

I am a fifth generation Texan, y''''all.There aren''''t many Middle Easterners named "Tucker."
Posted by tuckerndfw at 11:23 AM : Feb 09, 2008

EXCUSE ME! No Texan would call all woman Bit*$es! There to patriot,And no true AMERICAN WOULD comment on the middle eastern as you have. You are a fake! and you are a muslim! People lets not forget 911.

[tbweb]

And, in your previous comment, you referred to a man having four wives. It is illegal for anyone to have mre than one spouse in the US, Muslim or otherwise.

Posted by tuckerndfw at 04:37 AM : Feb 09, 2008,,,

I know a well to do Muslim man living in the U.S. with 7 wives! They are all very beautiful, all live in the same home, very well dressed and in love with this guy. Illegal or not this Muslim man gets away with it! All 7 wives love him and look happy. I have a very frustrated friend who has a crush on one of this guys wives, absolutely adores her, talks to her all the time but she won''t leave her husband! My friends arguments that her husband won''t miss her falls on deft ears. So I guess this is a Muslim success story but I''m stuck with a sad, frustrated and depressed friend. I think the whole thing is too funny! lol

[mom_o_truth]

American Business people overseas are in a sensitive position TO RESPECT THE CULTURE OF THE COUNTRY WHERE THEY DO BUSINESS to become successful and close the deal, else no deal. Translated to an American scene : How would the police react if they see two men or two women kissing at Starbucks in Fort Worth, TX as they were watching porn business on the internet ?
We can not enforce our culture on other countries nor expect other countries to know how to treat us in their own land according to American customs. WAKE UP PEOPLE. STOP THE BRAIN WASHING.
This is not the second world war any more and you can%u2019t put those Muslims in concentration camps just like you did with the Japanese 60 years ago. STOP THE RELIGIOUS HATE CRIME. Do not become an extremist yourself. Wouldn%u2019t you love to have zero interest rates here, the have it in Saudia. Who is sucking your money at the gas pump here ? Who is not building any more refineries to drive up gas prices with an abundance of oil produced overseas ? Who is eating you up alive at your home equity here ? Wake up all you narrow minded heads and stop letting your frustration out on an escape goat because you have bin brain washed and programmed for the past 8 years and by your evil box called TV.

[mom_o_truth]

Someone at CBS is fueling the fire and hate again to keep the brainwashing well going, they couldn%u2019t even find another picture to represent Muslim women other than those black ghosts. Couldn%u2019t you put her picture in there instead ?
It is amazing to read all these intolerant comments because an American BUSINESS woman took the liberty to continue her business her own %u201CAmerican way%u201D at Starbucks in Saudi Arabia. As a business woman she made a choice to deal with men only society in Saudia and hence should have known before hand that at the moment she entered the Starbucks family section, as a foreign woman, SHE made a bad business decision, by not being sensitive to the culture she is living in, to make business as a stranger in a foreign country. She put herself in a vulnerable position, in harms way. Just like that Brit woman teacher did in Sudan. Unfortunately she did not consider and study the customs of that country before she went to Saudia just like many other American Business men and women before her did in many other countries around the world, regardless of the religion of such country. Recall how American Business people violated the Japanese and other Asian cultures for many years while doing business in these countries.

[kstar42]

American women need to mind their own business instead of attempting to spread their misery around the globe.
Posted by tuckerndfw at 10:00 AM : Feb 09, 2008
Stay on your side of the world and you wont hear it! I truely feel sorry for the woman of the muslim world! If they could speak or do what they want-The men from there would be dead and then the world would be a better place.

[iraqvetwpb]

There are stories like this of U.S. women being treated like that all the time over there. Even during the first gulf war, U.S. Service Women were treated like that and in some cases worse. Also, look at the 911 terrorist, most of them were from the same country. Now another US Citizen is assaulted by the saudi religious police, AND OUR OWN GOVERNMENT DOES NOTHING! WHY? ARE THEY AFRAID TO SAY SOMETHING BECAUSE OF ONE WORD, OIL? I really think we invaded the wrong country, took out the wrong government. Think about this, had we improved our relations with Iraq, supported that nation and led a invasion into Saudi, We would have been far better off and I don''t think we would still be there in the numbers we are today, because we would have had a strong Iraq there supporting us. What do we get from the Saudi''s other that our CITIZENS being assulted and we do nothing. I think it''s time for a New world Order, and we need to take a good look at who we call our friends and who we don''t. Maybe we need a new government ourselves. one that is strong and won''t back down, one that will bring pride back to this nation. But I don''t see that happening anytime soon. People of the US, and our current government. Remember this! What country can preserve its liberties if its rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance?" Thomas Jefferson

[kstar42]

American women b*tch and complain about everything all the time, so that is hardly surprising. But, it is not unique to Muslim women.
Posted by tuckerndfw at 04:37 AM : Feb 09, 2008
You are a true idiot! Thats why America seriously needs to stop with the visa''s. NO more NO more! The India-Japanese-Mexican''s-chinese can stay! But for all you arabs-towel heads--Take your schizophrenic azzzzzzz home and stay there to kill each other!