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Iran Leader Linked to '79 Embassy Crisis ("Demanded Harsher Treatment of American Hostages")
Washington Times ^
| 6/30/2005
| Joyce Howard Price and David R. Sands
Posted on 06/30/2005 6:43:52 AM PDT by KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle
Americans held in the 1979 seizure of the U.S. Embassy in Iran said yesterday they clearly recall Iranian President-elect Mahmoud Ahmadinejad playing a central role in the takeover, interrogating captives and demanding harsher treatment for the hostages.
"As soon as I saw his picture in the paper, I knew that was the bastard," said retired Army Col. Charles Scott, 73, a former hostage who lives in Jonesboro, Ga.
"He was one of the top two or three leaders," Col. Scott said in a telephone interview. "The new president of Iran is a terrorist."
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TOPICS: Editorial; Foreign Affairs; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: americanhostages; hostagecrisis; iran; jimmycarter; mahmoudahmadinejad
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To: KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle
I'm not surprised.
Looks like Iran stepped in it. This won't help them any, at all, with the US.
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posted on
06/30/2005 6:45:54 AM PDT
by
cvq3842
To: KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle
Charlie Glib son questioned one of the former hostages and with a tone of skepticism asked him how he could be sure that this was the same man. It seemed that Glib son was attempting to discredit the ex-hostage. I wonder if anyone in the old media would like to compare the way the hostages were treated to the way the prisoners at GIMO are being treated.
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posted on
06/30/2005 6:48:17 AM PDT
by
shadeaud
(Liberals suffer from acute interior cornial craniorectoitis)
To: Alouette; SJackson; Slings and Arrows; veronica
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posted on
06/30/2005 6:49:28 AM PDT
by
KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle
("As a conservative site, Free Republic is pro-G-d, PRO-LIFE..." -- FR founder Jim Robinson)
To: KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle
Looks like the same scum.
To: KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle
bump. There's some photo out there from the time that supposedly has this guy (then 23) next to one of the blindfolded hostages.
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posted on
06/30/2005 6:49:44 AM PDT
by
Mamzelle
To: KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle
Payback is going to be a b#tch Mahmoud.
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posted on
06/30/2005 6:50:17 AM PDT
by
Enterprise
(Thus sayeth our rulers - "All your property is mine." - - - Kelo vs New London)
To: KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle
When he's mentioned by our beloved MSM... he's called a 'conservative'.
I'd like to see this little motherf-cker get 'conservative' with their chickensh-t a$$es!
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posted on
06/30/2005 6:50:41 AM PDT
by
johnny7
(How often does a '47 Rodham require servicing?)
To: KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle
So he's like an Iranian terror war hero.
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posted on
06/30/2005 6:51:18 AM PDT
by
Huck
To: PilloryHillary
Don't they all look alike? Hot little madmen's eyes sunk deep into black shadows,... hard to tell.
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posted on
06/30/2005 6:51:33 AM PDT
by
Mamzelle
To: KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle
Sounds like a perfect candidate for the UN Human Rights Commission.
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posted on
06/30/2005 6:52:42 AM PDT
by
neodad
(I wish to have no connection with any ship that does not sail fast, for I intend to go in harm's way)
To: johnny7
When he's mentioned by our beloved MSM... he's called a 'conservative'. Labeling Islamists "conservative" is one their favorite pastimes.
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posted on
06/30/2005 6:53:28 AM PDT
by
Mr. Mojo
To: Enterprise
The new President of Iran can slip seamlessly into the current USA Democrat Party. Like the Democrat Party, he is a certified America hater!!! Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid will welcome him with open arms!!! He'll soon be making the rounds with Howard Dean!!!
To: KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle
I wonder why the US Government hasn't said something about this one way or the other. They should know if he is or not.
Then again, I guess I really don't have to wonder why....
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posted on
06/30/2005 6:56:08 AM PDT
by
Portnoy
(Fahrenheit 451...Today's Temperature is hotter than you think...)
To: PilloryHillary
Fox ran some old tapes from the Iran Hostage coverage while they interviewed Col Scott this morning.....it sure looked like a younger "student" version of this guy to me!
To: shadeaud
To bad some of these great MSM types don't have to spend some time with those Muslim people.
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posted on
06/30/2005 6:57:14 AM PDT
by
Piquaboy
(22 year veteran of the Army, Air Force and Navy, Pray for all our military .)
To: johnny7
When he's mentioned by our beloved MSM... he's called a 'conservative'.
Yes, the statement says more about how the Leftist Press views us U.S. citizens than him.
To: KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle
Ok, he was one of the Hostage takers.
1 Is anyone suprised?
2 What can we (America) do about it?
(hint: not a darn thing)
As the old saying goes "Life is full of disappointments...and this is one of them...deal with it."
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posted on
06/30/2005 6:59:44 AM PDT
by
Valin
(The right to do something does not mean that doing it is right.)
To: KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle
Paging Ross Perot.
Mr. Rafsanjani, remember that it doesn't pay to piss off a short, mean, rich Texan. Did I mention rich (as in Billions to spend on bringing you to justice.)
I foresee that Perot Systems just might be gaining a lucrative contract from the Israeli government in the near future. ;)
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posted on
06/30/2005 7:08:17 AM PDT
by
anymouse
To: Mamzelle
I got one in the next cube... he's calls himself a liberal.
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posted on
06/30/2005 7:11:30 AM PDT
by
johnny7
(How often does a '47 Rodham require servicing?)
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