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Talk, at least by phone. her story is a completely different account of the marriage, the kidnapping and the u.s. court record on the case. and though it may sound far-fetched in the united states, in egypt and in the middle east, it is easily believed that the entire u.s. justice system conspired against her. >> nermeen tells us it was not she that was the abuser, it was him. not she that was the alcoholic, it was him. and not she that kept the family apart, it was him. in a not-so-unbiassed wa...

Gotten huge files on this case through the years and i havent seen any of that. >> and thats why you fled to egypt? >> why do you have to word it that way? >> im tired of this saga. ive been suffering at his hands since the day i met him. still now, hes trying to make my life miserable. what does he want? >> well, he wants his sons back, he says. well, he wants to see his sons so much, why hasnt he come here? >> michael shannon tells us he has tried to talk to his boys every year since their

Fathers nightmare. >> it is all michael shannon has left of his sons. a final picture adamant for jason, just ten months. >> i cant stop picturing them as a four and a one-year-old. or a five-year-old and a one-year-old. >> and ive had no photos and im trying to imagine what they would look like at 16 and 12 and hoping that they dont hate me for not saving them. >> this is a story you could tell a thousand times over. an international kidnapping to egypt, a country that takes in billions of doll...

To egypt you want $3 billion a year for your 34i8 tear? give us back these kids that are american citizens. >> i would argue we have a very complex relationship with egypt that goes beyond military aid. we are trying to work with egypts government as they transition to democracy to encourage all kinds of new practices. and one of them would be adherence to the hague convention or to recognize u.s. court orders and well continue to urge them to do that. but i dont think were going to just say wer...

Michael shannon hired the lawyer who arguably knows more about international child abduction than anyone in the country who believes the u.s. government not only has done nothing to help, it may have expedited afaf khalifas deportation. >> these are american boys, american sit zeps. theyre not entitled to be egyptian citizens and theyre being held in a foreign country for 12 years and the government, unfortunately, has done nothing about it. >> michael shannon turned to an egyptian court for hel...

American citizens back to the united states. ignored. >> the bottom line is when we took the american orders to egypt and asked for them to be in the lyingo of this specialty domesticated, we were just laughed at. >> this is a lot of elements involved. a lot of planning involved. i keep going back to this family that you married into and knew. are you still stunned? >> stunned? of course. i never thought they would go this far. >> but just who is nermeen khalifa. and who is telling the truth abo...

Who arguably knows more about international child abduction than anyone in the country who believes the u.s. government not only has done nothing to help, it may have expedited afaf khalifas deportation. >> these are american boys, american sit zeps. theyre not entitled to be egyptian citizens and theyre being held in a foreign country for 12 years and the government, unfortunately, has done nothing about it. >> michael shannon turned to an egyptian court for help, hiring an egyptian attorney to...

Untouchable. confirmation would finally come at the most unlikely time. >> oh, yeah. i received a call from adam. right after 9/11. and he said im not in america anymore. im not even in new york. he thought new york was a separate country. he was only four years old at the time. he said when are you and pop pop coming to get me. i said as soon as we can. >> shannon planned on doing just that. heading to egypt armed with the law on his side and bringing his boys home. then he called the state dep...

At the marylands womens prison in jessup, maryland. 14 months passed. and then afaf khalifa, the only bargaining chip michael shannon had left to get back his children disappeared. >> she was suddenly gone. deported back to egypt. before the state of maryland, before the prosecuting attorneys even knew she was released from prison. >> were you notified? >> no, the office was not notified that she had been paroled nor that there would be any action taken by immigration officials. at the time. >> ...

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