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Rebel group captures 9 Iranian soldiers
Reuters ^
| 31 Dec 2005
Posted on 01/01/2006 10:01:34 AM PST by F14 Pilot
DUBAI, Dec 31 (Reuters) - A little-known Sunni rebel organisation says it has abducted nine Iranian soldiers to pressure Tehran to free imprisoned members of the group, Al Arabiya television said on Sunday.
A caller speaking for the Jundollah (God's Soldiers) said the soldiers were seized near Iran's border with Pakistan, and demanded the release of 16 group members, the satellite television channel said.
Iranian officials were not immediately available to comment. In July, the group said it beheaded an Iranian security agent it had abducted the previous month.
Iran's remote southeastern areas on the border with Pakistan have seen sporadic unrest involving the Baluchi minority, and are a major drug trafficking route used by armed smugglers.
Some 90 percent of Iran's nearly 70 million people are Shi'ite Muslims. Sunnis among the Kurdish, Turkmen and Baluchi ethnic minorities have often complained of discrimination.
TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: baluch; iran; iranians; jundollah; kurds; muslims; pakistan; rebel; shiite; sunni
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posted on
01/01/2006 10:01:37 AM PST
by
F14 Pilot
To: F14 Pilot
Ragheads-versus-Raghead.
*exits theater to purchase some Pringles & Ginger Ale*
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posted on
01/01/2006 10:03:01 AM PST
by
ExcursionGuy84
("Jesus, Your Love takes my breath away.")
To: F14 Pilot
wow had to read that 2 times
3
posted on
01/01/2006 10:11:07 AM PST
by
Flavius
(Qui desiderat pacem, praeparet bellum)
To: ExcursionGuy84
So now terrorists...are beheading people who arent...terrorist enough?
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posted on
01/01/2006 10:21:27 AM PST
by
HHKrepublican_2
(OP Spread the Truth....http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1535158/posts)
To: F14 Pilot
I wonder where those rebels got the idea that taking hostages and threatening their lives is an acceptable tactic?
5
posted on
01/01/2006 10:25:44 AM PST
by
SC Swamp Fox
(Bush lied, people dyed....their fingers.)
To: F14 Pilot
Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the Operations Chief of al Qaeda that we captured about three years ago, is an ethnic Baluchi. Seems that a bunch of them joined al Qaeda.
To: AdmSmith; Valin; nuconvert
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posted on
01/01/2006 10:37:30 AM PST
by
F14 Pilot
(Democracy is a process not a product)
To: F14 Pilot
"A caller speaking for the Jundollah (God's Soldiers) said the soldiers were seized near Iran's border with Pakistan, and demanded the release of 16 group members, the satellite television channel said." I guess the mad mullahs in Tehran are just not insane enough for these lunatics.
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posted on
01/01/2006 11:06:47 AM PST
by
Desron13
(If you constantly vote between the lesser of two evils then evil is your ultimate destination.)
To: F14 Pilot
Regarding your post number 7, thank you for your
input.
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posted on
01/01/2006 11:08:25 AM PST
by
righttackle44
(The most dangerous weapon in the world is a Marine with his rifle and the American people behind him)
To: righttackle44
10
posted on
01/01/2006 11:16:29 AM PST
by
F14 Pilot
(Democracy is a process not a product)
To: F14 Pilot
"huh?"
Did you go to post number 7?
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posted on
01/01/2006 11:47:43 AM PST
by
righttackle44
(The most dangerous weapon in the world is a Marine with his rifle and the American people behind him)
To: righttackle44
12
posted on
01/01/2006 11:52:37 AM PST
by
F14 Pilot
(Democracy is a process not a product)
To: SC Swamp Fox
I wonder where those rebels got the idea that taking hostages and threatening their lives is an acceptable tactic?
Too Much H-o-l-l-y-w-i-e-r-d...that's what.
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posted on
01/01/2006 11:56:00 AM PST
by
ExcursionGuy84
("Jesus, Your Love takes my breath away.")
To: F14 Pilot
"yep"
Would you copy it for me to another frame?
My frame number 7 shows nothing in the
response.
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posted on
01/01/2006 11:58:25 AM PST
by
righttackle44
(The most dangerous weapon in the world is a Marine with his rifle and the American people behind him)
To: righttackle44
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posted on
01/01/2006 12:38:15 PM PST
by
F14 Pilot
(Democracy is a process not a product)
To: F14 Pilot; Coop; Cap Huff; nuconvert
16
posted on
01/01/2006 1:51:45 PM PST
by
AdmSmith
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