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Former FBI agent missing in Iran photographed in Guantánamo jumpsuit
UK Telegraph ^ | 08 Jan 2013 | Barney Henderson

Posted on 01/09/2013 1:12:31 AM PST by MestaMachine

Former FBI agent missing in Iran photographed in Guantánamo jumpsuit

By Barney Henderson
8:44PM GMT 08 Jan 2013

The family of retired FBI agent Robert Levinson, who went missing in Iran in 2007, have released pictures of him dressed in an orange jumpsuit like a Guantánamo Bay prisoner, as they continue to hold hope that he is still alive.


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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Government; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events
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To: MestaMachine
Well, if those pics were taken in that order, 25233 is a zip code for El Malah, Algeria

http://postcodesdb.com/AlphabeticSearch.aspx?country=Algeria&city=El%20Malah&zip=25233
21 posted on 01/09/2013 6:46:50 AM PST by Eagle of Liberty (Be the Enemy Within the Enemy Within...)
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To: Eagle of Liberty

Whoa. Good catch.


22 posted on 01/09/2013 6:54:08 AM PST by MestaMachine (Sometimes the smartest man in the room is standing in the midst of imbeciles.)
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To: ILS21R
I don’t believe the cigarette smuggling story

I would not poo-poo this story so easily. With our gov't taxing a carton of cigs to higher and higher levels, I am sure the black market is pretty lively. What better way for our enemies to get revenue than by doing things like this.
23 posted on 01/09/2013 7:10:00 AM PST by Eagle of Liberty (Be the Enemy Within the Enemy Within...)
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To: BwanaNdege

“The signs were obviously written by his captors.”

That was my point! Good catch on the alignment!


24 posted on 01/09/2013 8:30:35 AM PST by Dr. Bogus Pachysandra ( Ya can't pick up a turd by the clean end!)
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To: Dr. Bogus Pachysandra

This story just breaks my heart. May God protect him, and prayers for his family members who must be so torn by his capitivity.


25 posted on 01/09/2013 8:31:41 AM PST by AtlasStalled
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To: Dr. Bogus Pachysandra

‘_______is English his second language?’

Maybe there’s a list of reasons why we ‘cannot help him’ - - ?


26 posted on 01/09/2013 12:49:00 PM PST by USARightSide (S U P P O R T I N G OUR T R O O P S)
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To: RadiationRomeo

‘Sign text photoshopped?’
Sure - thinking that.


27 posted on 01/09/2013 12:55:18 PM PST by USARightSide (S U P P O R T I N G OUR T R O O P S)
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To: MestaMachine

1. Fingers - the fingers are placed very deliberately. It might be a type of code. However is it likely that such details would be missed by the releasers of the photos? It could be a faux clue designed to throw potential rescuers off the proper trail, i.e., they simply ordered him to hold each panel in each manner we see here.

2. The multiple panel formula here seems designed specifically to provide for numerous holding combinations —very suspect. Why not a single large panel containing all messages...?

3. The release of these photos has a financial goal, or more likely causing the US to do something the hostage takers wish, or to stop some activity (bringing down Assad, which was why some say Iran funded the Bengazi attack).

4. It’s likely Obama is now doing nothing to help this guy, and has been doing nothing, short of admonishing the family they’re moving heaven and Earth to help him.


28 posted on 01/09/2013 1:56:07 PM PST by gaijin
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To: MestaMachine; Rushmore Rocks; Oorang; KC_Lion; Godzilla; Domestic Church; Absolutely Nobama; ...
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Former FBI agent missing in Iran photographed in Guantánamo jumpsuit

"Please note the positions of his fingers on the photos. Code?"

Check out article, photo, then # 20 , # 21 .

Thanks MestaMachine, and anonymous. Curious article. It was on drudge yesterday.

29 posted on 01/09/2013 2:00:23 PM PST by LucyT (In the 20th century 200 million people were killed by their own governments.)
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To: Dr. Bogus Pachysandra

I think the signs were made by his captors - another reason to think they’re Iranian. Sounds like a direct translation...


30 posted on 01/09/2013 3:30:33 PM PST by GOPJ (Obama GAVE guns to Mexican drug lords...Now he wants to TAKE our guns? It's wrong.)
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To: gaijin
Fingers - the fingers are placed very deliberately. It might be a type of code.

That was the first thing that struck me when I saw the photos too.

31 posted on 01/09/2013 3:42:38 PM PST by Cementjungle
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To: MestaMachine

I’m guessing Dubai - pronounced due-bAy...


32 posted on 01/09/2013 3:56:52 PM PST by GOPJ (Obama GAVE guns to Mexican drug lords...Now he wants to TAKE our guns? It's wrong.)
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Berosus; bigheadfred; Bockscar; ColdOne; Convert from ECUSA; ...

Thanks MestaMachine.
He was investigating cigarette smuggling in early 2007, and his family has said that took him to the Iranian island of Kish, where he was last seen. Kish is a popular resort area and a hotbed of smuggling and organised crime. It is also a free-trade zone, meaning US citizens do not need visas to travel there.
Yeah, I'd take that job (not).


33 posted on 01/09/2013 5:28:34 PM PST by SunkenCiv (Romney would have been worse, if you're a dumb ass.)
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To: LucyT

Why the multiple signs...Almost reminds me of a BurmaShave signage. If put together with different punctuation would the message be different?


34 posted on 01/09/2013 6:15:42 PM PST by hoosiermama (Obama: "Born in Kenya" Lying now or then.)
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To: LucyT

Why the multiple signs...Almost reminds me of a BurmaShave signage. If put together with different punctuation would the message be different?


35 posted on 01/09/2013 6:18:25 PM PST by hoosiermama (Obama: "Born in Kenya" Lying now or then.)
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To: hoosiermama

The multiple signs really makes no sense. All of that could be placed on one sign and still be read.

The cigarette market angle smells.

What’s that gold round thing on the left? A mirror? Merely zooming in, it looks like the reflection is showing newspaper clippings and pictures of persons. Maybe someone with software can work on it.


36 posted on 01/09/2013 6:34:57 PM PST by bgill (We've passed the point of no return. Welcome to Al Amerika.)
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To: MestaMachine

By the look of his pallor, it appears he’s extremely sunlight and nutrient deficient. His fingers look waxy.


37 posted on 01/09/2013 6:47:48 PM PST by Jane Long (Philippians 2:11)
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To: Jane Long

What does shiny fingers mean nutritionally?

The last letters on the right side don’t make a word. Maybe someone who is good at anagrams might take a look.

What does “the 4th year” mean? Obama?


38 posted on 01/09/2013 7:18:13 PM PST by bgill (We've passed the point of no return. Welcome to Al Amerika.)
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To: LucyT; MestaMachine; All

Thanks for the ping; post; thread. BUMP for Robert!


39 posted on 01/09/2013 7:53:13 PM PST by PGalt
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To: bgill
Nursing home patients sometimes have the same "waxy" look on their hands/fingers. Not sure what the cause is. Lack of movement/use? Atrophy?

I think the 4th year is the length of time he'd been there. He was captured in '07 and the pics were supposedly taken in '11.

40 posted on 01/09/2013 8:39:03 PM PST by Jane Long (Philippians 2:11)
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