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Secret records: Government says Marine's adoption of Afghan orphan seen as abduction, must be undone (apnews.com)

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The U.S. government has warned a Virginia judge that an American Marine’s adoption of an Afghan war orphan was flawed and could be seen as international child abduction.

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

could be seen as international child abduction.

"Could be"??? Having read the article and the linked article I can't imagine any metric by which this is anything other than an international child abduction.

He literally kidnapped her from the family members who were raising her.

Edit: and for anyone who had reservations about her going back to Afghanistan, that's not at issue here as her real family are now in the US as well.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago

"Could be" is journo speak for they don't want to get sued. That's why they use wishy-washy milquetoast language for everything.