Woman Claims She Was Raped by Libyan Troops

[granfire]

Largish update.


http://www.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/africa/03/28/libya.beaten.woman/index.html?hpt=T1

So she fell off her camel and only time will tell if she contracted lead poisoning?

 

[billc]

Or Egypt, Shesulsa, considering what happened to the western female news reporter by the men in the square. That story went silent pretty fast.

 

[Bob Hubbard]

She has been freed and is with her family.
http://www.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/africa/04/04/libya.rape.case/index.html?hpt=C1

 

[MA-Caver]

She has been freed and is with her family.
http://www.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/africa/04/04/libya.rape.case/index.html?hpt=C1

Yeah and now is "no longer afraid"...
http://news.yahoo.com/s/yblog_thecu...idi-breaks-through-to-the-international-press

 

[Flea]

I wish I could find it now, but there was another great article a couple weeks ago on how this is the ultimate demonstration on how NOT to do PR. The Libyan gummit could have buried the story very effectively as soon as she walked into that hotel simply by setting up an interview and letting her talk. No giant scene, no smashed cameras, no bag placed over anyone's head in the presence of the media. By making themselves look reasonable they would have cast a lot of doubt on her and that would have been that.

 

[granfire]

I wish I could find it now, but there was another great article a couple weeks ago on how this is the ultimate demonstration on how NOT to do PR. The Libyan gummit could have buried the story very effectively as soon as she walked into that hotel simply by setting up an interview and letting her talk. No giant scene, no smashed cameras, no bag placed over anyone's head in the presence of the media. By making themselves look reasonable they would have cast a lot of doubt on her and that would have been that.

That is usually the case, the bigger stink you raise about an issue, the more attention it gets.
or the more you try to cover it up.

 

[MA-Caver]

That is usually the case, the bigger stink you raise about an issue, the more attention it gets.
or the more you try to cover it up.

Yeah true, consider the attitude of the general male population towards women. The extreme muslim ideal of a woman. So if a woman tries to create a stink then she's oppressed harshly, quickly and made an example of so the next woman won't try to do the same thing. That kind of thinking overshadows tact and being discreet.

 

[shesulsa]

So do y'all think she was bribed, threatened or both?

 

[granfire]

Good question.

Let off the hook...since she does not seem to retract the story

 

[Blade96]

glad she's ok.