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Meclazine for Israel
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« on: April 18, 2016, 06:52:26 AM »
« edited: April 18, 2016, 06:54:12 AM by Meclazine »

How is this situation going to end?

Botched kidnapping of an Australian womans children from their Lebanese father.

Sponsored by 60 minutes to the tune of $115,000.

http://www.news.com.au/entertainment/tv/60-minutes-crew-sally-faulkner-hearing-resumes-before-lebanese-court/news-story/ef8bfe8722cf259b292aa752d40b0062

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/media/opinion/mark-day/sixty-minutes-beirut-blunder-needs-careful-handling/news-story/7fcf66bce19a13012c92395e5e221a47

Husband is now saying he will not drop the charges and the entire 60 minutes crew faces 10 years in a Lebanese jail.

Ouch.
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« Reply #1 on: April 18, 2016, 02:50:14 PM »

...what?
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« Reply #2 on: April 18, 2016, 05:39:14 PM »
« Edited: April 21, 2016, 01:16:37 PM by ag »

An Australian woman hired a bunch of goons to get her kids back from their father, with whom they live in Lebanon. On top, she somehow got an Australian TV channel involved. All of them (including the woman and the journalists hoping for a great reality TV scoop) got arrested - in Lebanon. The father, unsurprizingly, wants everybody to be prosecuted to the full: and, I bet, he will get his wish.

A nasty divorce story will, it seems, become a gigantic international Jerry Springer show. With a nasty jail included for free.  
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« Reply #3 on: April 18, 2016, 06:21:52 PM »

.....a gigantic international Jerry Springer show.

You got that part right.
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« Reply #4 on: April 18, 2016, 06:51:48 PM »

Well wow.

Did the father have legal custody of the children? Under what country's laws are these thing decided when the parents live in different countries?
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« Reply #5 on: April 18, 2016, 08:00:46 PM »

I can't say I especially care, 60 Minutes has been slowly killing off what remained of its credibility.
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« Reply #6 on: April 19, 2016, 07:22:55 AM »

Whatever it takes to imprison/off more journalist.
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« Reply #7 on: April 19, 2016, 08:40:45 AM »

Whatever it takes to imprison/off more journalist.

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« Reply #8 on: April 19, 2016, 11:12:57 PM »

Relax, I believe in absolute freedom of the press. I also happen to believe that journalists are pond scum.
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« Reply #9 on: April 20, 2016, 09:35:35 PM »
« Edited: April 21, 2016, 11:45:29 AM by Meclazine »

Well wow.

Did the father have legal custody of the children? Under what country's laws are these thing decided when the parents live in different countries?

The father nabbed the kids from Australia without the court or the mothers approval. Probably took them on holiday and never came back.

In Australia, there is a court order against him.

In Lebanon, he went to a religious court and got custody in the eyes of Islam.

Men in Lebanon get childrens rights over mothers.

Women in Australia get childrens rights over fathers.

Both countries lean too heavily in their judgements.

So it's the perfect story of a female reporter trying to apply Australian ideology in a foreign country.
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« Reply #10 on: April 21, 2016, 08:17:55 AM »

The lesson here is obvious, too obvious to mention and not really for anybody reading this.
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« Reply #11 on: April 21, 2016, 11:46:26 AM »

Husband in Lebanon paid $1.5 Million to drop the charges.
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