Posted on 09/23/2009 1:21:37 AM PDT by nickcarraway
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said he would seek “maximum lenience” for three American hikers who have been held since crossing the country’s border nearly two months ago.
In an interview with The Associated Press in advance of U.N. General Assembly meetings, the Iranian leader said the hikers broke the law and did not elaborate on what lenience would mean. But his message was more conciliatory that usual, coming just days after Ahmadinejad said he was proud to be a Holocaust-denier.
He explicitly said that his country was not building nuclear weapons and was not a threat to America. "I heard Mr. Obama saying the next threat is Iran. Iran is an opportunity for everyone," Ahmadinejad told the AP. "I hope that Mr. Obama will move in the direction of change," he added.
Ahmadinejad also said he expected a “free and open” discussion at nuke talks next week with the U.S. and other world powers. But he warned Iran would not negotiate on its nuclear program.
"Bauer, 27, went to Iraq's Kurdish area with Shourd, his 30-year-old girlfriend, and Fattal, 27, a friend from their days at UC Berkeley, because he is a bold freelance journalist, said his editors at San Francisco's New America Media...
Sandy Close, executive editor of New America Media [said] Bauer was interested in Kurdish elections and speaks Arabic but not Farsi, which is spoken in Iran. Bauer was living in Damascus, Syria, Close said. Shourd has also written freelance articles from the Middle East, while Fattal recently worked and lived at a sustainable living research center and farm in Oregon.
I cannot believe the IAF doesn’t take the shot
the elimination of this one man ( and his entourage) would go far to paving the way for new hope in the entire region .
How much is decorum and proper protocol worth ?
IAF : take the shot
they are admitted communists, we dont want them back
Hey Iran...
Release these fools in the tribal regions of Pakistan. We will be around to pick them up in a few months :)
Sincerely,
The American People
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