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To: FJB who wrote (981)9/18/2006 10:20:29 AM
From: DeplorableIrredeemableRedneck  Respond to of 20106
 
Isn't hunting season open soon?



To: FJB who wrote (981)9/18/2006 7:16:17 PM
From: Proud_Infidel  Respond to of 20106
 
Child slavery suit charges 30,000 held in camel-racing camps
World Tribune ^ | Monday, September 18, 2006

worldtribune.com

WASHINGTON — U.S. relations with the United Arab Emirates could face another challenge amid a suit that charged the Gulf state's vice president with enslaving tens of thousands of children. UAE Vice President Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum has been accused of enslaving about 30,000 children, some of them as young as two, since 1975.

The suit filed in U.S. district court in Miami charged that Al Maktoum, crown prince of Dubai, and his brother, Hamdan, ordered the stealing of the children to raise them as camel jockeys, Middle East Newsline reported.

"Boys as young as two years old have been stolen from their families, trafficked across international borders, and kept in brutal camel-racing camps throughout the United Arab Emirates, forced to train camels and perform as jockeys," the suit said.

(Excerpt) Read more at worldtribune.com ....