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Iran Says Saudis Handed Missing Scientist To U.S.
RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty ^

Posted on 12/09/2009 8:32:24 AM PST by nuconvert

TEHRAN (Reuters) -- Iran accused Saudi Arabia today of handing over to the United States an Iranian nuclear scientist missing since June, the semi-official Mehr news agency said.

Shahram Amiri, a university researcher working for Iran's Atomic Energy Organization, disappeared during a pilgrimage to Saudi Arabia in June. Some media reports said he wanted to seek asylum abroad.

"Riyadh has handed over Iran's nuclear scientist Amiri to America," Mehr quoted Foreign Ministry spokesman Ramin Mehmanparast as saying.

(Excerpt) Read more at rferl.org ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: iran; irannukes; saudis; shahramamiri

1 posted on 12/09/2009 8:32:25 AM PST by nuconvert
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To: nuconvert

We can only hope it’s true.


2 posted on 12/09/2009 8:36:50 AM PST by b4its2late (Before you can control a horse, you have to break it. Sound familiar?)
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To: nuconvert

Good. The Saudis’ enthusiasm for a nuclear-armed Iran is equal to the Israelis’. Let the Iranians whine. I only hope we are keeping him in a secure, hermetically sealed location.


3 posted on 12/09/2009 8:37:39 AM PST by La Lydia
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To: La Lydia

I read the sadis have nukes already. anyone confirm?


4 posted on 12/09/2009 8:40:33 AM PST by chuck_the_tv_out ( <<< click my name: now featuring Freeper classifieds)
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To: nuconvert

The Iranian trash shouldn’t worry. That good citizen of the world, b. hussein obamao, will probably hand the scientist back just to maintain solidarity with his muslime buddies.


5 posted on 12/09/2009 8:44:46 AM PST by RushLake (Liberalism--Domestic terrorism financed by your tax dollars.)
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To: nuconvert

Or, perhaps he is in Hail or Tabuk or some such place working on the Saudi nuclear weapons project.


6 posted on 12/09/2009 8:53:58 AM PST by bert (K.E. N.P. +12 . Lukenbach Texas is barely there)
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To: La Lydia
Let the Iranians whine. I only hope we are keeping him in a secure, hermetically sealed location.

With Mitch Rapp doing the questioning. Kneecap, anyone?

7 posted on 12/09/2009 9:24:10 AM PST by Ole Okie (McCain cost Sarah the election.)
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To: chuck_the_tv_out

Back after Gulf War I there was a rumor that the Saudis had purchased a Chicom nuke and missile to launch it.

Just a rumor.


8 posted on 12/09/2009 2:36:53 PM PST by darth
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