In 2006, 16 year old American Katherine Lester traveled to the Middle East in order to meet up with Jericho resident Abdullah Jinzawi, a friend of hers from MySpace. She was stopped en route in Amman, Jordan. On September 12, 2007, Lester, now 18, met up with Jinzawi in The West Bank.

• Google News: Abdullah Jinzawi
• Dr. Phil.com: Katherine Returns
  • Abdullah: “Did they wash your brain again? They always do that, just let you know, they always do that all the time. Your family doesn’t want you to be with me ever! Well, now you’re going to get that!”
• The Associated Press: Mich. Teen Breaks Up With Mideast Man (November 27, 2007)
• StarTribune.net: Family of West Bank man upset by young American bride's no-show (2006)
• USA Today: Teen: I'll marry man I met on MySpace.com (2006)
• ABC13.com: Teen who traveled to Middle East to meet man met no resistance (2006)
• ABC12.com: New details come in Katherine Lester case (2006)
• AOL News: MySpace Runaway Wants to Marry Man She Met Online (2006)

• Google Blog Search: Abdullah Jinzawi

• Debbie Schlussel: Dr. Phil is Clueless: The Katherine Lester Islam Story (November 15, 2007)

• MyCrimeSpace: Katherine Lester

• ABC News: MySpace Teen Demonstrates Larger Problem (2006)

• Debbie Schlussel: MySpace Teen's Dad Pimps Her to IslamoCyberPredator, Media (2006)

• Debbie Schlussel: Danger: Your Daughter's MySpace Suitor Could Be Muslim Man in Mid-East (2006)

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