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Who are the US hikers? (detained in Iran)
BBC ^ | September 12, 2010 | Unknown

Posted on 09/14/2010 5:42:49 PM PDT by decimon

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Shane Bauer

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Mr Bauer has said he is opposed to "the US hegemonic policies in the Middle East".

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Sarah Shourd

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In one article she recounted a meal as a guest of Iraqi refugees in Yemen, writing: "Everyday I feel ashamed at what my country has done to their country."

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Josh Fattal

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He travelled to Damascus in the summer of 2009 for a brief reunion with Shane Bauer and Sarah Shourd.

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


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: hikers; iranhikers; joshfattal; sarahshourd; shanebauer
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To: bmwcyle

In one article she recounted a meal as a guest of Iraqi refugees in Yemen, writing: “Everyday I feel ashamed at what my country has done to their country.”

It sounds to me like they should have left her there.


21 posted on 09/14/2010 6:05:56 PM PDT by Venturer
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To: bmwcyle

They could all stay right where they are


22 posted on 09/14/2010 6:06:29 PM PDT by reefdiver ("Let His day's be few And another takes His office")
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To: warpsmith

As Dick Cavett used to say: “A Conservative is a Liberal who has been mugged by reality”.


23 posted on 09/14/2010 6:08:48 PM PDT by BunnySlippers
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To: Venturer; reefdiver

Their liberal teachers have maintained their minds of mush.


24 posted on 09/14/2010 6:11:09 PM PDT by bmwcyle (It is Satan's fault)
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To: decimon

Who goes to Iraq on vacation?

And 500K for a liberal fruit is TOO MUCH MONEY!

We have plenty more liberal freaks where these guys came from.

Now that they’ve seen tyranny up close and personal, I wonder if they like the United States any better now.


25 posted on 09/14/2010 6:12:47 PM PDT by Tzimisce (No thanks. We have enough government already. - The Tick)
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To: Tzimisce

Yes, but to the liberals if she had been ran over by a bulldozer she would be priceless......


26 posted on 09/14/2010 6:17:29 PM PDT by 9422WMR (Illegal is not a race)
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To: 9422WMR
I wonder if they like the United States any better now.

No, they probably see their captivity as the fault of their own country.

27 posted on 09/14/2010 6:22:48 PM PDT by GenXFreedomFighter (If you disagree with me, you're a big fat racist, sexist meanie who eats babies.)
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To: Flag_This

nearly spat my drink over the keyboard LOL


28 posted on 09/14/2010 6:27:34 PM PDT by manc (WILL OBAMA EVER GO TO CHURCH ON A SUNDAY OR WILL HE LET THE MEDIA/LEFT BE FOOLED FOR EVER)
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To: SueRae

wo paid for their bail?

better not be the Govt using our money for 3 idiots thinking it would a great idea to go over there while saying they are embarrassed by their country


29 posted on 09/14/2010 6:29:15 PM PDT by manc (WILL OBAMA EVER GO TO CHURCH ON A SUNDAY OR WILL HE LET THE MEDIA/LEFT BE FOOLED FOR EVER)
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To: SueRae

who paid for their bail?

better not be the Govt using our money for 3 idiots thinking it would a great idea to go over there while saying they are embarrassed by their country


30 posted on 09/14/2010 6:29:20 PM PDT by manc (WILL OBAMA EVER GO TO CHURCH ON A SUNDAY OR WILL HE LET THE MEDIA/LEFT BE FOOLED FOR EVER)
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To: decimon

Good leave they there! we have enough crap in this country as it is!


31 posted on 09/14/2010 6:33:31 PM PDT by Cheetahcat (Zero the Wright kind of Racist! We are in a state of War with Democrats)
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To: Wisconsinlady
Bad deal paying $500,000 for a lefty moron.

Who paid the ransom? It better have been the family and friends and not the US government. The US doesn't barter with terrorists. Maybe Obama changed that policy with one of his midnight executive orders.

32 posted on 09/14/2010 6:42:54 PM PDT by Harley (Life is Tough, But It's a Lot Tougher When You're a Liberal. Stop Global Whining Now.)
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To: Venturer
If she was sooooo ashamed why does she want to come home to the USA?
33 posted on 09/14/2010 6:46:50 PM PDT by guitarplayer1953 (Rebellion to Tyrants is Obedience to GOD! Thomas Jefferson)
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To: manc; Harley
Billions of Iranian dollars have been frozen in Swiss bank accounts. Those accounts earn millions of dollars every day in interest, a portion of which is allowed to be released to Iran for humanitarian purposes.

Our part was simply to not contest her release as a humanitarian gesture.

34 posted on 09/14/2010 7:00:05 PM PDT by gandalftb (Semper fi, carry on Corporal CJ Boyd, USMC, 2/4 Echo Company)
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To: decimon

MORE ABOUT THEM HERE!

http://berkeley.edu/news/media/releases/2009/08/03_hikers.shtml

That major in “Peace and Conflict Studies” from Berkley really came in helpful! ;-D


35 posted on 09/14/2010 7:00:58 PM PDT by Ruy Dias de Bivar ( AKA Rodrigo de Bivar)
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To: humblegunner

You said retard. This is going on your permanent record, young man.


36 posted on 09/14/2010 7:11:11 PM PDT by cydcharisse (`)
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To: Harley

Yes, it would be interesting to be able to follow the money trail on this one. she kind of hinted it might be Oman.


37 posted on 09/14/2010 8:15:38 PM PDT by Wisconsinlady
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To: Wisconsinlady
They are followers of the cult of Saint Pancake.

I say let them soak in their syrup.

38 posted on 09/15/2010 6:07:16 AM PDT by I Buried My Guns (Novare Res!)
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