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To: JohnM who wrote (67898)	5/23/2008 12:22:30 AM
From: Rambi	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 542597

What a screwup- but I am glad the small children are being reunited. I had written this right after the raid- There is a lot of outrage about the way in which this raid was handled, and also the extent of the action. While most of us seem to agree that something has to be done to protect young girls, we're also appalled at the enormity of this raid, its seeming viciousness, and question the necessity of removing all the children. --- Since the alleged abuse was of a sexual nature, and involved only a teenage girl, a case could be made for leaving the small children with the mothers because of the trauma involved in separation. Normally with physical abuse, you need some evidence-- bruises, broken bones, witnesses, and as far as I know, there was none of this. The basic accusation was the forced marriage and rape of a minor. You could limit your investigation to that age range until you could establish more facts (which seem sorely missing at the moment) and then move on the rest, if necessary. Ideally, children should stay with the mother, when it is at all feasible- which I am starting to think it was.