President Bush commenting at the White house news conference on the brutal Saudi rape case of the 19 year old woman sentenced to 200 lashes and six months prison said, "My first thoughts were these: What happens if this happened to my daughter? How would I react? And I would have been ... I would have been very emotional, of course.

"I'd have been angry at those who committed the crime. And I would be angry at a state that didn't support the victim.

"And our opinions were expressed by [White House press secretary] Dana Perino from the podium."

He said Saudi Arabia's king Abdullah knows US' position loud and clear on the punishment of the woman.