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American hikers freed in Iran
CNN ^ | 9-21-11

Posted on 09/21/2011 6:52:55 AM PDT by Justaham

Edited on 09/21/2011 6:59:03 AM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]

Tehran, Iran (CNN) -- Two American hikers imprisoned as spies in Iran for more than two years were released on bail Wednesday, Iranian and U.S. officials said.

The news of their release comes a day before Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is due to speak at the United Nations General Assembly in New York.

Shane Bauer and Josh Fattal, both 29, were convicted last month of entering Iran illegally and spying for the United States, and each sentenced to eight years in prison.

They have not yet been seen leaving Evin Prison, but their attorney, Masoud Shafiee, went into the facility earlier in the day with paperwork to show that the $500,000 bail had been paid for each of them.


TOPICS: Breaking News; Foreign Affairs
KEYWORDS: hostages; iran; joshfattal; shanebauer
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1 posted on 09/21/2011 6:52:56 AM PDT by Justaham
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To: Justaham

“O” will of course grandstand like a SOB all over THIS story


2 posted on 09/21/2011 6:54:40 AM PDT by SMARTY ("When you blame others, you give up your power to change. " Robert Anthony)
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To: Justaham

will these idiots not get it into their heads that going over there hiking is not a good idea and some muslim countries are not safe for them.

Nah course not.


3 posted on 09/21/2011 6:55:43 AM PDT by manc (Hannity admitted he's socially liberal on his show, another phony cashing in,marriage =1man +1 woman)
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To: SMARTY

Where’d the money come from ?


4 posted on 09/21/2011 6:55:43 AM PDT by Eric in the Ozarks (I want a Triple A president for our Triple A country)
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To: Justaham

will these idiots now get it into their heads that going over there hiking is not a good idea and some muslim countries are not safe for them.

Nah course not.


5 posted on 09/21/2011 6:55:54 AM PDT by manc (Hannity admitted he's socially liberal on his show, another phony cashing in,marriage =1man +1 woman)
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To: Justaham

One questions the timing, and the ransom for the terrorist state.


6 posted on 09/21/2011 6:56:02 AM PDT by Diogenesis ("Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. " Pres. Ronald Reagan)
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To: Justaham
with paperwork to show that the $500,000 bail had been paid for each of them.

Will any American politician have the courage to call this $1 million ransom for people kidnapped by the Iranian terrorist regime? Or will they all keep their ears down and tails between their legs.

7 posted on 09/21/2011 6:56:17 AM PDT by KarlInOhio (Compare "Delay is preferable to error" - Thomas Jefferson // "Pass this bill now!" - Barack Obama)
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To: Justaham

I guess the Iranian prison guards had gotten their fill of anally raping the American useful idiots.


8 posted on 09/21/2011 6:56:22 AM PDT by Cenobite (Can't spell unethical without the U.N.)
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To: Eric in the Ozarks

good question. Did this admin actually pay for this and if so will the media report on this new policy.

LOL NO COURSE NOT WE DON’T HAVE A FAIR MEDIA ANYMORE


9 posted on 09/21/2011 6:56:58 AM PDT by manc (Hannity admitted he's socially liberal on his show, another phony cashing in,marriage =1man +1 woman)
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To: Justaham

Glad you guys are out, but that was a DUMB choice for an area to hike in. How about the Rockies, or Northern California or the Adirondacks? Heck, I-80 in Ohio would be a better choice (if you like seeing semi after semi, that is).


10 posted on 09/21/2011 7:00:36 AM PDT by Pharmboy (What always made the state a hell has been that man tried to make it heaven-Hoelderlin)
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To: manc

From looking at their pictures on another site, neither of them look very bright, but we knew that already.


11 posted on 09/21/2011 7:00:36 AM PDT by rightly_dividing (1st Cor. 15:1-4)
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To: Justaham

Who in his right mind goes “hiking” on the Iran-Iraq border?


12 posted on 09/21/2011 7:01:03 AM PDT by LibWhacker
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To: Justaham
Shane Bauer and Josh Fattal, both 29, were convicted last month of entering Iran illegally and spying for the United States, and each sentenced to eight years in prison.

These guys are now internationally convicted felons. Will it affect their 2nd Amendment rights if they are so inclined (doubtful in view of their mush-headedness, but they are young)?

13 posted on 09/21/2011 7:01:14 AM PDT by Pearls Before Swine
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To: Eric in the Ozarks

It says Oman paid for the girl, so they may have paid for the two men as well.


14 posted on 09/21/2011 7:01:49 AM PDT by Jonty30
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To: LibWhacker

IIRC, these folks are more or less activists.


15 posted on 09/21/2011 7:02:39 AM PDT by Sacajaweau
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To: LibWhacker

IIRC, these folks are more or less activists.


16 posted on 09/21/2011 7:02:39 AM PDT by Sacajaweau
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To: Eric in the Ozarks

Where all the rest of the money comes from. From YOU and ME!!


17 posted on 09/21/2011 7:04:07 AM PDT by SMARTY ("When you blame others, you give up your power to change. " Robert Anthony)
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To: LibWhacker

Spies?


18 posted on 09/21/2011 7:04:59 AM PDT by kabar
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Who in his right mind goes “hiking” on the Iran-Iraq border?

I guess the same type of people who pleasure boat off the coast of Somalia.

19 posted on 09/21/2011 7:06:10 AM PDT by Right Brother
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soooo 2(3) anti American Hikers decide to tip toe into Iran from Iraq “as a vacation” to show solidarity to Ach-shmeg-dinnerjacket the terrorist and it backfires on them...

and now we are suppose to say YAY!.

they should have been left to rot there...


20 posted on 09/21/2011 7:06:51 AM PDT by Vaquero ("an armed society is a polite society" Robert A. Heinlein)
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