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| CIA sex case hurts Obama's plan: Algerian press |
| 2009-02-01 |
| Allegations that the CIA station chief in Algiers drugged and raped Muslim women may hurt efforts by President Barack Obama to improve U.S. relations with the Muslim world, Algerian dailies said on Saturday. "Sex, rape and video at the U.S. embassy in Algiers," wrote Algeria's most influential French-language newspaper El Watan in a front page headline. The explosive allegations could potentially deal a major blow to the U.S. image abroad at a time when Obama has called for "a new way forward, based on mutual interest and mutual respect" with the Muslim world. The case "will be seen as the typical ugly American," ABC News quoted former CIA officer Bob Baer as saying. "My question is how the CIA would not have picked up on this in their own regular reviews of CIA officers overseas." ABC news was the first to report that two Algerian women had complained they had been separately drugged and sexually abused by the CIA officer at his official residence in September 2007 and February 2008. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #6 Probably not. But the feds have more than 4 videotapes of this scum raping drugged women. |
| Posted by: lotp 2009-02-01 14:51 |
| #5 do they each have four eyewitnesses? |
| Posted by: Frank G 2009-02-01 10:14 |
| #4 Were these women wearing burkas and veiled? If not, why not? I was under the impression men of the Islamic faith could treat women in any manner they choose. Rape is always the fault of the woman...yes? sarcasm off :-) |
| Posted by: WolfDog 2009-02-01 10:11 |
| #3 how the CIA would not have picked up on this Cause he's a convert to islam, his suppervisors had to be careful not to get accused of non PC. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2009-02-01 09:28 |
| #2 "My question is how the CIA would not have picked up on this in their own regular reviews of CIA officers overseas." Answering this question may reveal more than the agencies ailments, it may reveal or further hihglight a systematic problem within the entire governmental service. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2009-02-01 08:40 |
| #1 how do they figure that? i had always supposed that Obama's plan was to undermine and diminish the US internationally and this seems go right along to that end |
| Posted by: Abu do you love 2009-02-01 01:00 |