[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 151 (Wednesday, October 21, 1998)]
[Senate]
[Page S12944]
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   EXPRESSING THE SENSE OF THE SENATE FOR THE RETURN OF NADIA DABBAGH

  The resolution (S. Res. 293) expressing the sense of the Senate that 
Nadia Dabbagh should be returned home to her mother, Ms. Maureen 
Dabbagh was considered and agreed to.
  The preamble was agreed to.
  The resolution (S. Res. 293), with its preamble, reads as follows:

                              S. Res. 293

       Whereas Mr. Mohamad Hisham Dabbagh and Mrs. Maureen Dabbagh 
     had a daughter, Nadia Dabbagh, in 1990;
       Whereas Maureen Dabbagh and Mohamad Hisham Dabbagh were 
     divorced in February 1992;
       Whereas in 1993, Nadia was abducted by her father;
       Whereas Mohamad Dabbagh later fled the country with Nadia;
       Whereas the governments of Syria and the United States have 
     granted child custody to Maureen Dabbagh and both have issued 
     arrest warrants for Mohamad Dabbagh;
       Whereas Mohamad Dabbagh has escaped to Saudi Arabia;
       Whereas the United States Department of State believes 
     Nadia now resides in Syria;
       Whereas Maureen Dabbagh, with the assistance of missing 
     children organizations, has been unable to reunite with her 
     daughter;
       Whereas the Department of State, the Federal Bureau of 
     Investigation and Interpol have been unsuccessful in their 
     attempts to bring Nadia back to the United States;
       Whereas Maureen Dabbagh has not seen her daughter in over 
     five years; and
       Whereas it will take the continued effort and pressure on 
     the part of Syrian officials to bring this case to a 
     successful conclusion: Now, therefore, be it
       Resolved, That it is the sense of the Senate that the 
     Governments of the United States and Syria immediately locate 
     Nadia and deliver her safely to her mother.

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