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Kerry calls for 'immediate' release of American in Iran after letter detailing abuse
foxnews.com ^ | 3/22/13 | foxnews.com

Posted on 03/22/2013 5:02:05 PM PDT by ColdOne

Secretary of State John Kerry, in a first-ever statement from his office on the case of imprisoned Iranian-American Saeed Abedini, called Friday for Abedini to be “immediately released” and said he is “disturbed” by reports that he’s suffered physical and psychological abuse at the Iranian prison where he’s being held.

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs
KEYWORDS: christianpastor; christianpersecution; saeedabedini; soskerry
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1 posted on 03/22/2013 5:02:05 PM PDT by ColdOne
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To: ColdOne

Ewee, that’s serious coming from modern USG and its agents...


2 posted on 03/22/2013 5:04:09 PM PDT by veracious
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To: ColdOne
Why is Kerry not disturbed by the reports of Americans that our suffering physical and psychological abuse because he is Secretary of State?
3 posted on 03/22/2013 5:05:39 PM PDT by Michael.SF. (Obama lied, Stevens died.)
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Wow. A statement. That’ll have them quaking in their boots.


4 posted on 03/22/2013 5:06:33 PM PDT by Rio (Tempis Fugit.)
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To: Rio

C’mon Kerry. Show them how serious we are. Take out an oil platform.


5 posted on 03/22/2013 5:08:07 PM PDT by EQAndyBuzz (Got a problem? Nothing a drone strike can't fix.)
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To: ColdOne

I don’t like Kerry, but if he can get Pastor Saeed released, I’ll take my hat off to him. This is not a democratic or republican issue, it is an American Christian suffering in Iran for his faith.


6 posted on 03/22/2013 5:08:11 PM PDT by Former Fetus (Saved by grace through faith)
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To: ColdOne

Id not be surprised to see him released.....just to make obama look good.


7 posted on 03/22/2013 5:08:22 PM PDT by rrrod (at home in Medellin Colombia)
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To: Rio

Ahmadinejhad is reported to have hurt his back when he fell out of his chair laughing.


8 posted on 03/22/2013 5:12:27 PM PDT by Venturer
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To: ColdOne

I say we make a trade. Abedini for Obama and Reid. Two for the price of one.We’ll throw Pelosi in to show how sincere we are.

They should have done this YEARS ago.


9 posted on 03/22/2013 5:15:24 PM PDT by mardi59 (IMPEACH OBAMA NOW!!!!!)
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Can we throw in Valerie Jarrett too? Since she was born there, they might want her back, LOL.


10 posted on 03/22/2013 5:16:46 PM PDT by nascarnation (Baraq's economic policy: trickle up poverty)
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To: Michael.SF.
our suffering physical and psychological abuse because he is Secretary of State same thing I thought when I read that!
11 posted on 03/22/2013 5:19:34 PM PDT by ColdOne (I miss my poochie... Tasha 2000~3/14/11)
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To: ColdOne

If John the Traitor Kerry pulls this off and actually does more I may have to leave traitor off his name.


12 posted on 03/22/2013 5:21:06 PM PDT by mountainlion (Live well for those that did not make it back.)
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To: nascarnation

Absolutely LOL!
They can have Hillary Michelle and Fluke too.


13 posted on 03/22/2013 5:24:02 PM PDT by mardi59 (IMPEACH OBAMA NOW!!!!!)
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To: mountainlion

never


14 posted on 03/22/2013 5:26:40 PM PDT by Doogle (USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand..never store a threat you should have eliminated))
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To: veracious

Notice how circumspect Kerry is: he said he was “disturbed by reports”, NOT that he believes the reports.
He does go on to say, though, that the best outcome would be that Abedini is “immediately released”.Of course that would be the best thing, but
with this, they’ve got the Obama Administration between “Iran and a hard place”. That’s probably exactly what the Abedini issue was designed to be in the first place.
Let’s see just how far “diplomacy” goes in both freeing
Abedini, and whether that’s used as a bargaining chip in Obama aiding and abetting the continuation of nuclear development, by playing out the “conversation”indefinitely while letting the Iranians continuing on developing their nuclear capability.


15 posted on 03/22/2013 5:33:40 PM PDT by supremedoctrine
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To: ColdOne

Seeing as how Kerry served in Vietnam, I bet Iran is pi$$ing in their pants.


16 posted on 03/22/2013 5:34:43 PM PDT by patriotsblood
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To: ColdOne

Or else what?


17 posted on 03/22/2013 5:37:34 PM PDT by dfwgator
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To: mountainlion
Permit me to suggest that my former commanding Officer on the Christmas Eve Mission to swim up the Mekong River to take out a nest of NAZI spies at the orders of soon-to-be President Nixon award himself the Croix de Guerre avec Palme for this perilous letter-writing exploit. If he sustained a paper cut, he deserves yet another Purple Heart. I am sure he has the forms in his desk.

Once again I salute this outstanding officer's almost maidenly modesty. You will notice that he did not, NOT I say, award himself the Congressional Medal of Honor, richly deserved as I am sure he thinks it was.

Hopefully, our CIC will correct this oversight!

18 posted on 03/22/2013 5:43:31 PM PDT by Kenny Bunk (The Obama Molecule: Teflon binds with Melanin = No Criminal Charges Stick)
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To: Kenny Bunk
Hopefully, our CIC will correct this oversight!

He was awarded some secretive actions after his negotiations with the North Viet Mamese in Paris. Some of the records were leaked though.

19 posted on 03/22/2013 5:51:22 PM PDT by mountainlion (Live well for those that did not make it back.)
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To: ColdOne

Did Kerry tell the Iranians he had a bunch of medals from Vietnam and, as soon as he gets back from the hostage pickup, he plans to get permission from Obama to search the White House grounds for them?


20 posted on 03/22/2013 7:30:47 PM PDT by OrioleFan (Republicans believe every day is July 4th, Democrats believe every day is April 15th.)
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