[JustPiper]

I am still trying to understand why this is not a common custody dispute.

Because in Saudi a woman has no custody rights and the US is backing them up and not interfering with 'their' laws!

[Ready4Freddy]

The children have never been in the US. No US (State) family court has jurisdiction.

[AlexW]

All that I have seen here is based on emotion, not logic or law. I really hate to keep being the antagonist here, but really.....

"We do not know the people we marry. Longtime loves turn into strangers. And she married a Swede Alex, not a 'raghead'"....

So, he is NOT Saudi? Is he a Saudi citizen? This is strange.
Why would you get married to someone that you do not know?... Passion?
Is this an excuse for subverting law?

"Because in Saudi a woman has no custody rights and the US is backing them up and not interfering with 'their' laws!"

Should we interfere with Saudi Law? Should Saudis be allowed to interfere with US law?

I have yet to get a reply to my basic questions..
Was this woman forced to marry this "Swede" or whatever he is.
Are the children a result of rape?
Is she not allowed to leave Saudi Arabia?

What if a Saudi woman comes to the US and gets married to a US male. ...They split and she wants to run back to Saudi Arabia with two kids that they had in the USA.
What would US law say about that?

I am still looking for some rational replies that
are with fact, and not emotion.

BTW, I am all for the girl returning to the US with the kids, but I do not see this as an international incident.

I regard Freepers as too intelligent to let emotion get in the way of logic.