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Iran envoy 'abducted' in Pakistan
BBC News ^ | 11/13/2008

Posted on 11/12/2008 8:48:14 PM PST by james500

Gunmen have kidnapped a diplomat from Iran and killed his guard in the north-western Pakistani city of Peshawar, police say.

The Iranian diplomat was said to be the commercial attache of the consulate.

(Excerpt) Read more at news.bbc.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Breaking News; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: iran; iranian; iraniandiplomat; peshawar
I think the word envoy should have been in quotes and not the word abducted.
1 posted on 11/12/2008 8:48:15 PM PST by james500
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To: james500

Wouldn’t that just be interesting. Iran invades EAST into Pakistan and dares Obama to do something about it.


2 posted on 11/12/2008 8:49:56 PM PST by Centurion2000 (To protect and defend ... against all enemies, foreign and domestic .... by any means necessary.)
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To: james500

Well, I guess there is some good news today.


3 posted on 11/12/2008 8:58:27 PM PST by pissant (THE Conservative party: www.falconparty.com)
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To: TheBlueMax; WLR; iThinkBig; Molly K.; bayouranger; beebuster2000; maine-iac7; lancer; voletti; ...

Pakistan ۋﮧ۱م

FReepmail if you want on or off

4 posted on 11/12/2008 8:58:49 PM PST by G8 Diplomat (The Middle East: We put the OIL in TURMOIL!)
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To: pissant

Yippee, great news!

5 posted on 11/12/2008 9:08:18 PM PST by BerryDingle (I know how to deal with communists, I still wear their scars on my back from Hollywood-Ronald Reagan)
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To: Centurion2000

Maybe he can send his Acorns.


6 posted on 11/12/2008 9:39:16 PM PST by fieldmarshaldj (~"This is what happens when you find a stranger in the Alps !"~~)
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To: Centurion2000

Interesting addtion to Things that make you go hmmmmm...


7 posted on 11/13/2008 2:57:21 AM PST by 4woodenboats
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To: All

BBC has modified their headline to remove the quote marks and have added more background to the article since this was originally posted.


8 posted on 11/13/2008 3:07:02 AM PST by james500
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To: james500
Pakistan.

The New Iraq.

9 posted on 11/13/2008 3:09:27 AM PST by Allegra
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To: james500

Wonder if these fools will tie him to a truck and drag his body through the streets?


10 posted on 11/13/2008 5:44:04 AM PST by Joe Boucher (An enemy of Islam)
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To: Centurion2000

Yep. If we’re clever, Iran and China (because of their past history of shoddy quality and recently sold Pakistan a nuclear faciilty) may end up doing the dirty work for us.


11 posted on 11/13/2008 6:41:21 AM PST by Niuhuru (Fine, I'm A Racist and Proud Of It!)
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I think Iran should just sit down and talk with the abductors, without preconditions.


12 posted on 11/13/2008 4:25:02 PM PST by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/_______Profile finally updated Saturday, October 11, 2008 !!!)
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