Captive Saudi Princesses seek Obama's help

Cast-off wife of Saudi king begs Obama to help free her four starving daughters who've been 'locked away in a palace for 13 years' Saudi princesses Sahar and Jawaher Abdullah sent an email to the UN requesting intervention, saying they're being held against their will by their father and king. The daughters sent their plea from the closely guarded villa that they share on the palace grounds. Their petition to the UN included details on two of their sisters who they say are also being held under duress. the letter with the Sunday times of LOndon: Princesses Sahar, 42, and Jawaher, 38, have appealed for help in emails and phone calls to The Sunday Times from the closely guarded villa they say they share. “We slowly watch each other fading into nothingness,” they wrote in an email. They said their sister Hala, 39, held alone in another villa, had told them “that her mind is slipping away. . . that the life is being sucked out of her . . .” A fourth sister, Maha, 41, is also held separately in another villa in the palace compound, they said.