Saudi Cops Grab U.S. Woman In Starbucks

(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!!