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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] 9 points 1 year ago

I was not prepared for the deliberate manipulation that was done to get the child into his custody. I'd assumed she was already in his custody and there were people trying to get the custody from him. But no, she was in her biological family's custody and he tricked them into handing her over. This is straight up evil.

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