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31 US citizens arrested in Venezuela
Vcrisis ^ | 03.04.07 | aleksander boyd

Posted on 04/03/2007 9:46:37 AM PDT by alekboyd

London 03.04.07 | Daily El Progreso reported yesterday that 31 US citizens have been detained in the Gran Sabana region, close to Santa Elena de Uairen in the Venezuela - Brazil border. Accusations of illegally practising medicine purportedly caused the arrest. Regional media were informed by an allegedly trustworthy source. >>

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To: neodad

It was an innocent comment. A minority here are too quick to bite.


41 posted on 04/03/2007 10:27:28 AM PDT by UKrepublican
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To: alekboyd

We threaten ‘em with NATO. Send in the French!


42 posted on 04/03/2007 10:30:14 AM PDT by Billthedrill
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To: rhombus

One would think so, wouldn’t they? :)


43 posted on 04/03/2007 10:30:42 AM PDT by Constantine XIII
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To: UKrepublican

Not really. The newspaper business is very monolithic in the US. Even the so-called “conservative” dailies are tame.

There are some magazines, though. I’m sure the Nation blamed Bush before he even said anything.


44 posted on 04/03/2007 10:31:11 AM PDT by AmishDude (It doesn't matter whom you vote for. It matters who takes office.)
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To: UKrepublican
But on the topic, if you guys are so tough, what the hell are you doing releasing cpative iranians for? Not a good development.

So far I don't see that we are. What I see is a typical MSM effort to make people think we are, which of course is not the same thing. Are you certain that you haven't been suckered here?

45 posted on 04/03/2007 10:31:13 AM PDT by rogue yam
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To: UKrepublican
It was an innocent comment. A minority here are too quick to bite.

Understood. What is the opinion about how Blair is handling the hostages? Is the public demanding action?

46 posted on 04/03/2007 10:31:56 AM PDT by neodad (USS Vincennes (CG-49) Freedom's Fortress)
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To: rhombus
Nolo contendere. Sad, ain't it?

Are you pretty confident that you aren't being suckered by the MSM on this "Iranian diplomat released by America" thing?

47 posted on 04/03/2007 10:33:08 AM PDT by rogue yam
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To: UKrepublican; All
"what the hell are you doing releasing cpative iranians for?"

Exactly.

Too many make generalizations without thinking. FR has an international audience. We have British, Canadian, Aussie, and French friends who post here, as well as many other countries, because they share our conservative values, regardless of what their (or our) governments do. We need to remember that.

48 posted on 04/03/2007 10:34:12 AM PDT by sageb1 (This is the Final Crusade. There are only 2 sides. Pick one.)
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To: Redbob
Smart: No

We do plenty of dumb things but let's not be drawn here.

49 posted on 04/03/2007 10:34:24 AM PDT by rogue yam
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To: rogue yam
Are you pretty confident that you aren't being suckered by the MSM on this "Iranian diplomat released by America" thing?

I'm not confident of anything. Unfortunately for many, reality is what is reported by the MSM.

50 posted on 04/03/2007 10:35:57 AM PDT by rhombus
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To: LikeLight

We never negotiate for hostages.


51 posted on 04/03/2007 10:36:36 AM PDT by ichabod1 ("Liberals read Karl Marx. Conservatives UNDERSTAND Karl Marx." Ronald Reagan)
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To: proud_yank; StJacques

Ping


52 posted on 04/03/2007 10:37:36 AM PDT by jazusamo (http://warchronicle.com/TheyAreNotKillers/DefendOurMarines.htm)
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To: UKrepublican
That's a joke right? Perhaps you missed 1979? Expect the same now. We wouldn't want anyone to not like us, or think we are bullies or anything like that now would we? We are all about winning hearts and minds, please get with the program. SmileyCentral.com
53 posted on 04/03/2007 10:37:54 AM PDT by CremeSaver
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To: Owl_Eagle
I know the odds are stacked against me, but please, PLEASE LORD, let one of 'em be Joe Kennedy.

Heck, as long as I'm praying for a miracle, how's about Ed Asner too.

... and PS Lord, Jane Fonda too.

54 posted on 04/03/2007 10:37:56 AM PDT by Lurking in Kansas (Nothing witty here... move on.)
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To: alekboyd

Abducted, not arrested.

Hostages, not prisoners.


55 posted on 04/03/2007 10:38:11 AM PDT by aculeus
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To: sageb1
Exactly.

Exactly what? UKRepublican states that the US has released Iranian captives. I do not have any reason to conclude this is the case and yes, I have been reading the reports as they come in. So far it sounds like a dishonest leftist propaganda strike to me.

56 posted on 04/03/2007 10:39:45 AM PDT by rogue yam
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To: Constantine XIII
Why is that retard trying to pick a fight with us?

Because he knows that the Republicans are *****whipped by the girlymen and women in the Demoncrap party.

What's he got to fear?

57 posted on 04/03/2007 10:40:18 AM PDT by EndWelfareToday (Live free and keep what you earn. - Tancredo or Hunter)
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To: alekboyd
15 in Iran last week.
31 in Venezuela today.

SS, DD

58 posted on 04/03/2007 10:40:39 AM PDT by MindBender26 (Having my own CAR-15 in Vietnam meant never having to say I was sorry......)
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To: rhombus
I'm not confident of anything. Unfortunately for many, reality is what is reported by the MSM.

But you are going along with it! Isn't that your responsibility?

59 posted on 04/03/2007 10:42:54 AM PDT by rogue yam
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To: alekboyd
Could be the "Peace Village" group, which specializes in medical work in the Gran Sabana region:

http://www.volunteerabroad.com/listingsp3.cfm/listing/24973

Also the Adventists are active with medicine in the area.

60 posted on 04/03/2007 10:48:11 AM PDT by cookcounty (No journalist ever won a prize for reporting facts. --Telling big stories? Now that's a winner.)
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