Wednesday, September 01, 2004

The Strange Case of the Missing Diplomat

I heard this story last Sunday, about a Kuwaiti ambassador who is back in town on a short break. The story was that he left his house in Surra on Saturday afternoon to get some cash and never came back home. When he didn't show up by Sunday his wife filed a missing person report with the police, who were all over Surra searching for clues.

Of course, in this day and age your mind automatically assumes the worst. I started imagining a politically motivated kidnapping, and that he would turn up on Al-Jazeera in a tape from Iraq or Afghanistan, and it would be the biggest story this year. Even when Mad M said he had a bad feeling the other day, I wondered if it had to do with this story. I wanted to write something about it here on the blog, but decided to wait until some official news came out.

Well, it's a good thing I waited. Turned out the man had a fight with his wife and just disappeared to scare her and teach her a lesson..

Nice!

8 comments:

  1. My aunt's comment:
    هذا مستوى سفراءنا؟

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  2. Being a diplomat does not mean that he would be any different.

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  3. Yes it does, or it should at least.

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  4. Doesnt apply on "Kuwaiti" diplomats...Lets be happy that he is just an embassador to Japan, not the United States or some other country we depend on for our own survival as a nation.

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  5. sheba :) they are not angels. Besides him being a diplomat has nothing to do with what he does in his private life. I think his wife is a problem.

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