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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    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.

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

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    If you just read the headline - read the article. From the headline you could assume that it might be some grey area thing - but based on the article “could be seen as abduction” is a very friendly phrase to describe what has happened.