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Iran Releases Humiliating Images of U.S. Sailors in Captivity
Washington Free Beacon ^ | January 13, 2016 | Morgan Chalfont

Posted on 01/13/2016 8:26:29 AM PST by detective

Iran state television released images of the 10 U.S. sailors that the Iranian military held in custody overnight Tuesday.

ABC News first reported the photos, which appeared after the sailors were released by Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps Wednesday morning.

(Excerpt) Read more at freebeacon.com ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs
KEYWORDS: biden; farsiisland; iran; iranseizesussailors; kerry; military; navy; obama; sailors; seized; wot
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To: Rustybucket
forced to cover her head...If that is to respect their beliefs, why is it not appropriate for all Muslims in America to remove head coverings in respect for our customs,

Spot on!

81 posted on 01/13/2016 9:27:23 AM PST by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: HamiltonJay
Why do you give Iran a pass? They certainly did not treat our sailors with respect. It was total humiliation.

Iranian videos of capture

82 posted on 01/13/2016 9:27:31 AM PST by kabar
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To: piasa
There’s no proof we were ‘in their waters’... that’s just the Iranian claim and it’s highly unlikely.

Would you believe this administration if they said we weren't in their waters? I would trust the Iranians before this Administration any day.

83 posted on 01/13/2016 9:27:59 AM PST by dfwgator
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To: Impy; Bender2; GOPsterinMA; fieldmarshaldj; sickoflibs; NFHale

“Screw it, I’d be willing to start a war over this. Unacceptable.”

You would have plenty of company right here.


84 posted on 01/13/2016 9:28:50 AM PST by stephenjohnbanker (My Batting Average( 1,000) since Nov 2014 (GOPe is that easy to read))
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To: dfwgator

The Iranians have done this before - each time they claimed the craft were in their waters, each time it turns out to be otherwise.

I’d believe the sailors.


85 posted on 01/13/2016 9:31:30 AM PST by piasa
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To: dfwgator

That island
s an IRG base... the sailors would be aware of that long before setting out and steer clear.


86 posted on 01/13/2016 9:32:51 AM PST by piasa
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To: kabar

Good grief! We surrendered? How many freaking days are left of this bozo in D.C.?


87 posted on 01/13/2016 9:33:19 AM PST by servantboy777
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To: servantboy777

“Good grief! We surrendered?”

Probably not much of a choice being that their boat was inoperable and they were in Iranian waters.


88 posted on 01/13/2016 9:44:29 AM PST by Timpanagos1
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To: PIF

The 6th image down on the link has a small boat in the background. Basically a fishing boat.


89 posted on 01/13/2016 9:54:58 AM PST by driftdiver (I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
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To: Covenantor

Where is the camera positioned? On the roof of one of the US boats?


90 posted on 01/13/2016 9:59:34 AM PST by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now it is your turn ...)
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To: Timpanagos1

Yesterday Iran said they had our aircraft carrier targeted, or ‘painted’. What’s the next provocation?


91 posted on 01/13/2016 9:59:41 AM PST by AU72
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To: PIF

That’s what it appears to be, in the hands of one of the Iranian boarders. In one of the photos in the Daily Mail you can count nine of the ten US sailors, it also appears to be taken from approx. same position.


92 posted on 01/13/2016 10:04:50 AM PST by Covenantor (Men are ruled..e.by liars who refuse them news, and by fools who cannot govern - Chesterton)
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To: freeandfreezing

More questions: did the US guys have any ammo and if so was it live or dummy as they were on a ‘training’ mission?

If one boat was disabled, why wasn’t the other towing it? They could make reasonable speed maybe 15-20knts under tow.

Why would their superiors, with whom they had to in contact, advise them to surrender? Why would those same superiors not have sent aid earlier or at least a helicopter to watch over them?

Have the LBGTs taken the Navy over already?


93 posted on 01/13/2016 10:08:44 AM PST by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now it is your turn ...)
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To: PIF
Have the LBGTs taken the Navy over already?

They want you/They want you/They want you/As a new recruit...

94 posted on 01/13/2016 10:11:05 AM PST by dfwgator
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To: Leaning Right
I don't think there is any question that they knew where they were as did we with our satellites, radar and etc.
95 posted on 01/13/2016 10:11:10 AM PST by mcshot (The "Greatest Generation" would never have allowed the trashing of our Republic.)
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To: mcshot
I don't think there is any question that they knew where they were...

True. I read somewhere that one of the Navy boats lost power, and drifted into Iranian waters. Which leads to this question: Why didn't the other boat take the disabled boat under tow?

96 posted on 01/13/2016 10:14:33 AM PST by Leaning Right (Why am I holding this lantern? I am looking for the next Reagan.)
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To: AU72

The sailor’s in yesterday’s incident did not have much of a choice. Someone, somewhere in the Navy screwed-up and the boats ran out of fuel or otherwise broke down in Iranian waters.


97 posted on 01/13/2016 10:16:21 AM PST by Timpanagos1
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To: dfwgator

Oh goody just what I need some new blood to let ... hahaha .. the joke’s on them as I’m well over 70 ...


98 posted on 01/13/2016 10:17:09 AM PST by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now it is your turn ...)
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To: flaglady47

And he’ll do it with a smile on his face.


99 posted on 01/13/2016 10:17:45 AM PST by Roger Kaputnik (Just because I'm paranoid doesn't prove that they aren't out to get me.)
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To: Timpanagos1

Obama’s Navy in a nutshell.


100 posted on 01/13/2016 10:18:00 AM PST by dfwgator
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