[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

Well I guess that 2007 honors diploma in PEACE and CONFLICT studies from Berkeley really came in handy!

Thought it would make them immune and above the fray! Kumbya anyone?

“Shane Bauer, a 2007 honors graduate in peace and conflict studies, has been working in North Africa and the Middle East, using his fluency in Arabic, the language he minored in at UC Berkeley.”

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

[Peter Libra]

Two years is indeed a heavy price to pay. I suppose they might even "sugar coat" facts about the Iranian authorities. Of course we shall expect to see them on the media, unless there is some intervention about this.

I remember in the fifties and sixties, some America citizen finally getting out of a tough spot in a foreign country. Ariving back by air, with news crews awaiting. They would dramatically kiss the tarmac, as soon as they set foot on the most free country in the world. Love to see these two do this- I will not hold my breath.

[americanophile]

Great news. I can’t imagine what a horrible ordeal it’s been for what was a simple, if misguided, weekend hike. Welcome home.

[unixfox]

Watch. Next time they will ask for 5 million or more.

It sets a precedence.

[keats5]

Video here:

http://foxnewsinsider.com/2011/09/21/video-first-footage-of-u-s-hikers-reunited-with-family-after-release-from-iran-prison/

[keats5]

Video here:

http://foxnewsinsider.com/2011/09/21/video-first-footage-of-u-s-hikers-reunited-with-family-after-release-from-iran-prison/