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Kuwaiti Girl Raped and Abandoned in Desert

From the Arab Times

If YOU know anything about this, please tell someone. The young men who committed this crime must be stopped. What they did is unthinkable. They robbed a young woman of her privacy, and they robbed her of a future where she had never been raped.

Who could so such a thing? Who is not paying attention to what their sons are up to? Abducting women off the streets, even in front of their own homes – who brings up young men who would do this? Why so many at this time of the year?

Young Kuwaiti girl left in desert after gang rape, 10 men queried

KUWAIT CITY : In a shocking incident, a Kuwaiti girl in her 20s was raped and left unconscious in a desert area in Al-Jedaliyat near Doha.

Sources say a Kuwaiti man noticed the girl and called Operations Room which promptly dispatched securitymen and paramedics to the scene. She was then rushed to Intensive Care Unit of Sabah Hospital where doctors confirmed that she was raped.

Investigations revealed that the girl was a resident of Sabah Al-Salem area and a missing persons report was filed on her.

Securitymen combed the camping area where she was found and arrested tens of youths for investigation.

Sources suspect that the culprits are still out there. “Since no mobile phone was found near the girl and she is still unconscious, police don’t have any clue about the culprits,” they add.

Securitymen are keeping a watch in the area where she was found.

January 22, 2009 - Posted by | Crime, ExPat Life, Family Issues, Kuwait, Law and Order, Living Conditions, Mating Behavior, Social Issues, Women's Issues

14 Comments »

  1. Oh my God that is horrible!!!

    Chirp's avatar Comment by Chirp | January 22, 2009 | Reply

  2. I hope to God they find them and execute them.

    1001Nights's avatar Comment by 1001Nights | January 22, 2009 | Reply

  3. It is shocking, but similar incidents happen to Asian women all over Kuwait.

    Desert Girl's avatar Comment by Desert Girl | January 22, 2009 | Reply

  4. Chirp – I can’t help but wonder what kind of upbringing these young men would have, that would make them treat a human being like a disposable tissue?

    1001 Nights – Here is what I wish – I wish they would be caught and imprisoned, and their names be made public so they would understand how shameful their crimes were, and so no one would allow their daughters to marry them.

    Desert Girl – Like on a daily basis. One was abducted, beaten, made to serve as a prostitute, escaped, and is in prison now for being a prostitute. Where is the justice?

    intlxpatr's avatar Comment by intlxpatr | January 22, 2009 | Reply

  5. How horrifying – what kind of parents raised these men?

    I’m with Desert Girl: I doubt that the Operations Room would have “promptly dispatched securitymen and paramedics to the scene” had the girl been Asian.

    adiamondinsunlight's avatar Comment by adiamondinsunlight | January 22, 2009 | Reply

  6. they can has rapef punishmentf? they should..undoubtedly, it would be a deterrent.

    Mrm's avatar Comment by Mrm | January 23, 2009 | Reply

  7. horrible!

    pearls's avatar Comment by pearls | January 23, 2009 | Reply

  8. Little Diamond – Agreed.

    Mrm – I wouldn’t wish it on anyone. I can only hope they live to regret what they have done.

    Pearls – Amen.

    intlxpatr's avatar Comment by intlxpatr | January 23, 2009 | Reply

  9. It’s really sad that those crimes are on the rise everytime it’s camping season…

    Evil Knievel's avatar Comment by Evil Knievel | January 24, 2009 | Reply

  10. Subhan Allah. The only language these men understand is violence. Let the men of the girls family deal with the men who did this to her. Not that it will change her life, her life is destroyed.

    Huda's avatar Comment by Huda | January 25, 2009 | Reply

  11. Rape is bad enough without being raped again by forfeiting
    your future chance of marriage — which needs urgent
    changing in attitude . The act of rape should not devalue
    the victim in the least . This societal misogynistic value
    is at fault . Does not the Sharia Law state that rapist die.
    I’m sure the incrimination is proveable . Carry on with the
    age old custom . Does it mean she commands less dowry ! or
    future as a prostitute as I read earlier .This illogicality
    baffles me . Her life is “destroyed” because you make sure
    of it with these crazed honour value system .

    Shahid  Malik's avatar Comment by Shahid Malik | February 25, 2009 | Reply

  12. You are right, Shahid, but it still matters in most cultures. Worst, the rape resonates through a woman’s life for years. I totally don’t get an “honor” system where the WOMAN is devalued for the choices/actions of others. All major religions indicate that sin starts in the heart. A woman taken against her will has not sinned; she is a victim.

    intlxpatr's avatar Comment by intlxpatr | February 26, 2009 | Reply

  13. My verdict: death by hanging. This is why I really support Sharia sometimes. Had this happened in the US, these guys would be out in the streets in ~ 5-7 years; much earlier if they were black.

    RG's avatar Comment by RG | October 22, 2009 | Reply

  14. The emotional part of me agrees with you, about the hanging. There is another part of me that thinks they are just young and stupid and acting on hormones and entitlement, and given a chance to grow up, they might have something to contribute. I think they need punishment. In the bigger picture, I think they need to have more normal contact with women, get to know them as people, not as objects.

    intlxpatr's avatar Comment by intlxpatr | October 22, 2009 | Reply


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