Texas 'honor killing'

[Heracles 417]

http://video1.washingtontimes.com/fishwrap..._killing_1.html

Yaser Abdel Said, accused of murdering his two teenage daughters in Texas, will be featured on Saturday night's broadcast of "America's Most Wanted":

While most people were celebrating the New Year, one woman was making a desperate call to Irving, Texas Police Dispatch. At about 7:30 p.m. on New Year's Day, the woman claimed to be a shooting victim who couldn't figure out where she was.

Irving units drove to the O'Connor Road and Riverside Drive area of Irving, but found no one. About an hour later, police received a second call, this one coming from a concerned citizen, reporting a suspicious vehicle in a parking lot. When cops returned to the area, they found the original caller dead in the car, one of two deceased young women.

Cops identified the two victims as sisters, 18-year-old Amina Yaser Said and Sarah Yaser Said, 17. To make this story even more heartbreaking, cops suspect the gunman is the girls' own father, Yaser Abdel Said.

While the family searches for answers about why this happened, investigators in Irving are trying to track down this man, whom they believe to still be armed.

Here are Amina and Sarah:

And here is their father and accused killer, Yaser Abdel Said:

What a sad state of affairs in America when the main media refuses to touch the story. Good on Fox news and the Washington Times for bringing it to light.

[JA Tam 7]

How heartbreaking!

Nothing new, the media only gives attention to "certain" cases. I hope they catch him, lock him up and throw away the key!

[Dr. A ♥ O 203]

[Zee Bee 61]

How sad

I'd like to take a swing at the SOB

[Sofiyya 1,687]

If the girls were blonde and blue eyed, the media would be all over it.

[PlatyPius 5]

If the girls were blonde and blue eyed, the media would be all over it.

No, I think it's more likely that they were afraid of being called racists or some such for airing a story accusing a middle-eastern man of being a murderer.....

[Ban Hammer 13,340]

any indications as to why he did this?

[Sofiyya 1,687]

I doubt that. When it comes to murder, the media is all over young white female victims. Arabs have been easy targets in the media.

[Dr. A ♥ O 203]

The article says they were dating non-muslim boys. The father told the youngest daughter when he learned the older daughter had a boyfriend that he was going to put a bullet in her head so enjoy her while she is around.

Why! Why! Why??? Grrr...

any indications as to why he did this?

[Dan J 277]

What a sad state of affairs in America when the main media refuses to touch the story. Good on Fox news and the Washington Times for bringing it to light.

The real question is why is this story any more significant than other stories like it and why does the national media need to cover it?

[PalestineMyHeart 1,897]

Where do y'all get your news ? This was all over Associated Press....

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

The guy couldn't love his kids very much in the first place if the moment they step out of line the punishment is a bullet in the head.

[SMOKE 1,426]

couple old tires around the neck & a can of gas is too good for this guy.

eta: the a-hole louisiana too.

Edited January 10, 2008 by SMOKE

[Empress of Groovy 373]

I doubt that. When it comes to murder, the media is all over young white female victims. Arabs have been easy targets in the media.

Indeed! That's what I was thinking. Fox News specializes in missing White female teenagers and fires. I don't think Fox was the first to run this story (I read the AP story a few days ago--I think it first appeared on one of the Texas news sites). It would have been on an endless loop had the girls been White, I'm sure of it.

It would have been a dream Fox story if there had been a big fire too.

[w¡n9Nµ7 §£@¥€r 123]

Sad. Whether the father gets justice on earth or not, he will burn in hell.