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US seeks Swiss help with missing Americans in Iran
AP ^ | August 1, 2009

Posted on 08/01/2009 4:59:46 PM PDT by Cheap_Hessian

WASHINGTON (AP) - The State Department says it's aware of Iranian media reports that three American citizens have been detained in Iran.

Spokesman Robert Wood says the U.S. has asked the Swiss, who represent American interests in Iran, to confirm the reports with Iranian authorities and arrange for diplomatic access to the three, if the reports are true.

The Americans reportedly were detained Friday after crossing into Iran's Kurdistan province—when they failed to heed warnings from Iranian border guards.

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: hostage; iran; missing; shanebauer; swiss; switzerland; us

1 posted on 08/01/2009 4:59:46 PM PDT by Cheap_Hessian
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To: Cheap_Hessian

Give them up or H! is going to stomp her foot and who knows what could happen in earthquake prone Iran.


2 posted on 08/01/2009 5:07:43 PM PDT by Paladin2 (Big Ears + Big Spending --> BigEarMarx, the man behind TOTUS)
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To: Cheap_Hessian

Stern letters being typed as we speak. Finger wagging and abject begging to come.


3 posted on 08/01/2009 5:25:56 PM PDT by don-o (My son, Ben - Marine PFC- 1/16/09 - Parris Island - LC -6/4/09 - 29 Palms - Camp Pendleton 6/18)
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To: Cheap_Hessian

We will be monitoring the situation closely.


4 posted on 08/01/2009 5:27:24 PM PDT by Bahbah (Only dead fish go with the flow)
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To: Cheap_Hessian
The Americans reportedly were detained Friday after crossing into Iran's Kurdistan province—when they failed to heed warnings from Iranian border guards.

Sometimes you just have to let fools experience the consequences of their foolishness.

5 posted on 08/01/2009 5:38:39 PM PDT by snarks_when_bored
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To: Cheap_Hessian
We expect Swiss help when Obama demands their banks to reveal who has money stashed in them - violating Swiss secrecy laws that are centuries old?

How do you say "shove-it" in Swiss dialect?

6 posted on 08/01/2009 5:41:17 PM PDT by HardStarboard ("The urge to save humanity is almost always a false front for the urge to rule - Mencken knew Obama)
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To: HardStarboard

“How do you say “shove-it” in Swiss dialect?”

Harken back to ‘Blazing Saddles” Up yours ......!


7 posted on 08/01/2009 6:03:36 PM PDT by charmedone (There is a right to health care but no right to be born?)
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