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Were the 3 American Tourists Captured in Iran Liberal Activists?

Posted on 08/01/2009 4:50:41 PM PDT by tonyome

I heard one news report on the radio when all of this happened a couple days back that talked about the 3 Americans captured in Iran, but haven't heard anything about it since, nor do any of the reports on the internet say anything about it. One was described as a teacher and a "campus activist", and another one was a "community activist". Anyone else here this?


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Your Opinion/Questions
KEYWORDS: hostages; iran; liberals; missing; shanebauer; thenation

1 posted on 08/01/2009 4:50:42 PM PDT by tonyome
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To: tonyome

Too bad it isn’t Pelosi, Reid and Zer0.


2 posted on 08/01/2009 4:52:18 PM PDT by Paladin2 (Big Ears + Big Spending --> BigEarMarx, the man behind TOTUS)
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To: tonyome

Of the same ilk as those grabbed for propaganda purposes by N. korea?


3 posted on 08/01/2009 4:52:36 PM PDT by Joe Boucher
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To: tonyome

Sounds like a teachable incident.


4 posted on 08/01/2009 4:52:51 PM PDT by Paladin2 (Big Ears + Big Spending --> BigEarMarx, the man behind TOTUS)
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To: tonyome

WHO the F.... goes close to Iran????

Only the peace loving idiots who want to be Human Shields...remember the Human Shields that ran for protection in Iraq when they found out the Baathists didn’t appreciate their “outreach” ( probably didn’t know the words to Kum-bye-Ya!)


5 posted on 08/01/2009 4:54:09 PM PDT by Recovering Ex-hippie (Pray for Israel! And Georgia ! And the Iranian people! and Honduras!)
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To: Paladin2

Send some brewskis over there for everyone to sit down and have a dialogue!


6 posted on 08/01/2009 4:55:10 PM PDT by Recovering Ex-hippie (Pray for Israel! And Georgia ! And the Iranian people! and Honduras!)
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To: Recovering Ex-hippie

0bammy don’t do “dialog”, he’s “The Teller”.


7 posted on 08/01/2009 4:58:44 PM PDT by Paladin2 (Big Ears + Big Spending --> BigEarMarx, the man behind TOTUS)
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To: tonyome

I heard ONE of them was on a brief news report.


8 posted on 08/01/2009 4:59:21 PM PDT by RushIsMyTeddyBear (Obama. Clear and Pres__ent Danger.)
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To: tonyome
Maybe some dead enders left over.


9 posted on 08/01/2009 5:03:19 PM PDT by McGruff (Where's the REAL birth certificate? - Jim Robinson)
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To: tonyome

More like idiots.


10 posted on 08/01/2009 5:08:14 PM PDT by Carley (OBAMA IS A MALEVOLENT FORCE IN THE WORLD)
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To: Carley
More like idiots.

Thank You, I wouldn't want to hike in that area of the world, and If I had to there would be a bunch of guys carrying M4’s and a few crew served weapons with me.
Jack

11 posted on 08/01/2009 5:21:30 PM PDT by btcusn
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To: tonyome
When they first described a couple of the professions, I came to that conclusion. Journalist, blogger, teacher/activist. I know this sounds harsh, but they are getting what they deserve. I wouldn't dare even think about hiking of all places.....Iran. We have beautiful places here in America if that is the case. But most of us on here know this not to be true.
12 posted on 08/01/2009 5:39:06 PM PDT by claymax
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To: tonyome

Perhaps...simply describing them a “civilians” didn’t work for Francis Gary Powers, so now we assign them meaningless terms like “campus activist.”


13 posted on 08/01/2009 5:45:51 PM PDT by FourPeas (Why does Professor Presbury's wolfhound, Roy, endeavour to bite him?)
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To: Paladin2

LOL~!

Love your tag line!
Was tOTUS at the Beer Fest?


14 posted on 08/01/2009 5:58:08 PM PDT by Recovering Ex-hippie (Pray for Israel! And Georgia ! And the Iranian people! and Honduras!)
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To: tonyome
Take your choice. Mindless liberals or Max Stupidity Syndrome.
Either way, they deserve whatever they get.

I suppose they could get the ACLU to sue Iran and Iraq on their behalf...

< /sarc >

15 posted on 08/01/2009 6:02:00 PM PDT by Publius6961 (Change is not a plan; Hope is not a strategy.)
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To: tonyome
When this came out, my first thought was "who the f**k is "touristing" on the Iran/Iraq border and what kind of dirty sub-plot are we going to hear about them?"

Maybe I was wrong to prejudge...../s

16 posted on 08/01/2009 6:09:07 PM PDT by IllumiNaughtyByNature (If the Average nObama Voter is Anything Like Peggy Joseph, The Next 4 Years Will Be A Hoot!!!!)
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To: claymax

Not to worry....Harsh you’re not. They’re getting a little aggravation but probably not what they deserve.


17 posted on 08/01/2009 6:17:07 PM PDT by Postman
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To: tonyome

NEW INFORMATION: Apparently, one of the three captured Americans is a “freelance journalist” with a degree from California Berkely in, get this, “Peace and Conflict Studies”. I think it will be interesting to see if this “journalist” can use the appeasement and America hating he learned at Berkeley to win his freedom. We’ll see...

Article: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090803/ap_on_re_us/us_us_iran_missing_americans


18 posted on 08/03/2009 1:16:35 PM PDT by tonyome ("What we need is more Patton, less patent leather" - Michael Savage)
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