Libyan Woman Facing Charges for Claiming Rape
 

Those whacky people over in that part of the world are at it again. Iran, Iraq, Libya, etc.....what a great place to raise a daughter.

TRIPOLI, Libya - A Libyan woman who burst into a Tripoli hotel to tell foreign journalists how she was gang raped by Moammar Gadhafi's troops will face criminal charges, a government spokesman said on Tuesday.

The spokesman, Moussa Ibrahim, said the men accused by Iman al-Obeidi are now suing her. A son of a high ranking Libyan official was among those she claimed had raped her, he said.

"The boys she accused are bringing a case against her because it's a very grave offense to accuse someone of a sexual crime," Ibrahim told reporters in the Libyan capital.

Al-Obeidi made headlines when she rushed distraught into Tripoli's Rixos Hotel on Saturday, seeking to speak to foreign media. She claimed she was detained by a number of Gadhafi troops at a Tripoli checkpoint on Wednesday. She said they were drinking whiskey and handcuffed her, and that 15 men later raped her.

Al-Obeidi's claim could not be independently verified. The Associated Press only identifies rape victims who volunteer their names.

As she started to tell her story, al-Obeidi was tackled by waitresses and government minders and dragged away from the hotel, and has since been missing. Her parents claim she is held hostage at Gadhafi's compound in the Libyan capital.

Libyan authorities have alternately labeled al-Obeidi a drunk, a prostitute and a thief.

Ibrahim on Tuesday refused to discuss al-Obeidi's whereabouts. But in an interview with the AP on Sunday, he had said she was with her sister in the Libyan capital. He also said at the time that police have a file on al-Obeidi for prostitution and petty theft.

However, al-Obeidi's parents told satellite Al-Jazeera Television on Monday that their daughter is a lawyer now pursuing a post-graduate degree.

The mother said she received a phone call Monday from an unidentified caller, purportedly from the Gadhafi camp, telling her al-Obeidi is held at the Tripoli compound and asking her to instruct her daughter to change the rape claim in return for freedom and other benefits such as cash or a new house.

The parents lauded their daughter's courage in stepping forward about her ordeal. It was unclear where they spoke from and Al-Jazeera did not provide their names.

The London-based Amnesty International said Monday that al-Obeidi's account was "stomach-churning" and called on Libyan authorities to launch "an independent and impartial investigation" into the case, reveal al-Obeidi's whereabouts and set her free.



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D.C. is thata way...

See what happens when Skip isn't around? n00bs like this one say stupid shit like this.

touche

You meant douche, right? Like: you are a douche vailpass.
A douche that needs to impale himself upon an aids-infused oak tree that is simultaneously spouting flame and dripping anti-freeze sap. Right?
Lets not ignore the 400 pound man in the room.

This story makes me sick to my stomach.

I'm glad to see so many of these corrupt regimes coming to an end. I just hope that something better is put in their place, which is not always the case.

Well the girl was obviously a drunk, prostitute and thief. Clearly.

What amazed me about the story was the waitresses, girls themselves jumping her like that....wow. A different world view over there.

Oh and vailpass, I have this recurring sarah palin dream which involves your avie. Just sayin.

And that is o.k.

only if it's lisa ann as palin right?

In Libya, a girl gets brutally raped and then she's the one who gets into trouble. In America, a girl begs a rich guy to **** her and then she claims rape and the dude is all screwed.

The wind probably blew her burqa up and exposed her knees. It is to be expected.

Who needs to see knees? Ankles are enough for me.

Well Obama made the right decision in Libya thats obviously the message failpass is putting out. Good for you for supporting our president in a time of war.




Now its headed to DC :)

No. He was saying the bitch was clearly a drunk, prostitute and thief.

Keep up with the program.

Those poor bastids.

Seriously, this needs the DC forum. For its important to state that if atrocities against their own citizens is reason for overthrow and nation building by the US, W belongs on freakin Mt Rushmore, because Saddam and his sick kid make Moamar look like a boy scout.

Neither was a direct threat to the US. That is our constitutional flag for action.

At least Bush had the class to go with hat in hand to lie to congress for permission.







That oughtta do it.