Off Topic but please spend a few minutes to read of this childs ordeal.

Please e-mail a small note of support to this poor child. :(

Thanks Keltria

Child Bride
Posted by Kevin Sites
on Mon, Mar 20 2006, 4:55 PM ET Video Audio Photo Essay

Married at the age of four, an Afghan girl was subjected to years of beatings and torture, finally escaping to discover that within all the world's cruelty, there is also some kindness.

KABUL, Afghanistan - Eleven-year old Gulsoma lay in a heap on the ground in front of her father-in-law. He told her that if she didn't find a missing watch by the next morning he would kill her. He almost had already.


Enraged about the missing watch, Gulsoma's father-in-law had beaten her repeatedly with a stick. She was bleeding from wounds all over her body and her right arm and right foot had been broken.

Full Story with pictures : http://hotzone.yahoo.com/b/hotzone/20060320/hz_afghanistan_0306/blogs2986

My friend sent me a link to this story early today. It's horrible that things like this still go on. I mean giving your daughter away to be married at 4? She should be playing with dolls and playing house not waiting on a multitude of people and being beat and scalded and whatever else she endured. God Bless her.

Thanks for sharing. I know Kevin Sites- the author of the artcile. He is a truly amazing journalist(not to mention sexy as h***)- it's inspiring to read he is activelly helping people in the Middle East.

OH my God, I literally am in tears reading this story. My heart goes out to this angel ,and I hope that her tormentors burn in hell, but even that is too good for them.

Terriable................God bless her and I hope that she does follow her dream and helps others

What a horrible story, but I am so proud og her for wanting to live. She is an amazing young girl and I really hope that after all she has been through that she will be blessed for years to come!

Awful :(

The comments http://hotzone.yahoo.com/b/hotzone/20060320/hz_afghanistan_0306/blogs2986?rf=11#comments have made me cry as well

That is really horrible. Most people don't realize how that parts of the world lives. There are images burned into my memory that I will never forget, no matter how much I want to. It just goes to show how lucky we are to be living here.

My phylosophy is what goes around comes around. That evil family will get theirs one day. God bless that little girl, the one young boy who tried to protect her and the neighbor who gave her food and blankets and stood up to tell the truth of what was going on.