American in Qatar Prison

arkiegirl
By arkiegirl

My brother is serving life in prison in Qatar after a ridiculous trial. Please read his daughter's story in the January issue of Cosmopolitan and help this man get home to his country.

[mod note: This has been discussed previously here; http://www.qatarliving.com/node/196976 If you wish to add new information please do so there.]

By anonymous• 21 Oct 2008 16:36
Rating: 4/5
anonymous

US in involving all minor issues in any other contries problem, they are pretending as world police. But they are terrorists. If your friend is against american terrorism they will not take any action to help him.

By pwb78• 21 Oct 2008 16:34
pwb78

Does he want to serve his time in a US jail? Or just be let out even though what he did was illegal?

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Be kinder than necessary, for everyone you meet is fighting some kind of battle.

By a merry can muslim• 21 Oct 2008 16:25
a merry can muslim

Wasn't this discussed previously?

They call it the American dream because you have to be asleep to see it... --George Carlin

By arkiegirl• 21 Oct 2008 16:24
arkiegirl

Angry at his boss, he sent an email to the embassy of another country offering information, the embassy did nothing with it but gave the email to the Qatar police, who then set him up to accept $1000 cash as a good-faith payment. There was never any information exchanged.

By Majnoon Ajnabi• 21 Oct 2008 16:22
Majnoon Ajnabi

I'm agree wityh pelonericardodosperros aka baldrick2dogs befoe petitioning for someone's clemency I would like to know what happened.

He who dies with the most toys wins.

By Amoud• 21 Oct 2008 16:22
Rating: 2/5
Amoud

Baldrick this isnt the first post, search the title you will see it. From what I gather he tried to sell information to the Irani government concerning the location of Qatars oilfields... Someone correct me if I am wrong, I am just going on memory.

"Diplomacy is the art of saying 'Nice doggie' until you can find a rock - Will Rogers"

By baldrick2dogs• 21 Oct 2008 16:15
Rating: 2/5
baldrick2dogs

What did he (allegedly) do to get a chare of espionage?

Did you Google it first?

By arkiegirl• 21 Oct 2008 16:06
arkiegirl

The story will be out in Dec, for the Jan 2009 issue of Cosmopolitan magazine. Check our website www.johnwdowns.com for more information. The US embassy take action?? They assist with minor things but do not get involved in another country's legal issues.

By Stallion• 21 Oct 2008 15:52
Stallion

if he is innocent then why would not the US embassy take action?

By Dohaman007• 21 Oct 2008 15:46
Dohaman007

Provide the link please

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