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Psychic Takes 500 Hostage in Tehran University (yes, that's the headline)
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Posted on 08/21/2007 11:24:43 AM PDT by nuconvert
Psychic Takes 500 Hostage in Tehran University
TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- A masked man took hostage 500 people attending an academic meeting in the Convention Hall of Tehran University here Tuesday morning.
Witnesses said that the man who carried a Kalashnikov rifle merely intended to inform the audience of his personal problems. Eye-witnesses also said that the man intended to show some CDs and documents to the hostages.
According to the reports the hostage-taker used to be a member of the Iranian police and was upset with the way he had been treated by his former department.
Following the attack, the anti-riot squads and snipers of the Law Enforcement police rushed to the scene, but before they started operations, the man surrendered himself to the officials.
The documents and CDs the man was carrying indicated that he had severe psychological problems.
Meantime, unofficial reports said that the same man took 23 students hostage at a Tehran school last year, but has apparently been released after it was proved that he had psychological problems.
TOPICS: Front Page News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: hostages; iran; tehran
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Little problem with translation -LoL
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posted on
08/21/2007 11:24:49 AM PDT
by
nuconvert
To: nuconvert
He should have seen this coming.
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posted on
08/21/2007 11:25:59 AM PDT
by
dfwgator
(The University of Florida - Still Championship U)
To: nuconvert
He’s probably Ahmanutjob’s brother.
To: camerakid400
LOL. The urge for hostage taking runs in their family.
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posted on
08/21/2007 11:27:27 AM PDT
by
SolidWood
To: nuconvert
LOL.
On the story, apparently hostage taking is not considered an especially serious crime in Iran. Not up there with drinking a beer, or a woman whose ankles are visible in public....
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posted on
08/21/2007 11:27:46 AM PDT
by
dashing doofus
(Those who are too smart to engage in politics are punished by being governed by those who are dumber)
To: dfwgator
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posted on
08/21/2007 11:27:54 AM PDT
by
nuconvert
("Terrorism is not the enemy. It is a means to the ends of militant Islamism." MZJ)
To: dfwgator
Somehow, he just knew it would come to this.
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posted on
08/21/2007 11:28:06 AM PDT
by
OB1kNOb
(Support Duncan Hunter for the 2008 GOP presidential nominee. He is THE conservative candidate!!)
To: nuconvert
The University students are one of the political concerns of the regime. Given that this guy had “been” on the police force, maybe this is a new form of the “good cop - bad cop” scenario.
To: nuconvert
The gunman already knows how it will turn out...
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posted on
08/21/2007 11:29:59 AM PDT
by
Yo-Yo
(USAF, TAC, 12th AF, 366 TFW, 366 MG, 366 CRS, Mtn Home AFB, 1978-81)
To: nuconvert
File under ... You just can’t make up this stuff
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posted on
08/21/2007 11:29:59 AM PDT
by
RS
("I took the drugs because I liked them and I found excuses to take them, so I'm not weaseling.")
To: nuconvert
Eye-witnesses also said that the man intended to show some CDs and documents to the hostages. Al Gore, have you stopped taking your medications AGAIN?
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posted on
08/21/2007 11:30:25 AM PDT
by
listenhillary
(millions crippled by the war on poverty....but we won't pull out)
To: nuconvert
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posted on
08/21/2007 11:30:47 AM PDT
by
bmwcyle
(BOMB, BOMB, BOMB,.......BOMB, BOMB IRAN)
To: nuconvert
Eye-witnesses also said that the man intended to show some CDs and documents to the hostages. At least it wasn't pictures from his most last vacation.
To: nuconvert
Hmm ... Intriguing post.
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posted on
08/21/2007 11:31:46 AM PDT
by
JennysCool
("The urge to save humanity is almost always a false front for the urge to rule." -Mencken)
To: bmwcyle
The documents and CDs the man was carrying indicated that he had severe psychological problems.
He was a fan of the Teletubbies?
To: stilgar; Paul Atreides; Duncan Idaho
Suprised I didn’t see a Mentat or Bene Gesserite mentioned.
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posted on
08/21/2007 11:33:18 AM PDT
by
DCBryan1
(Arm Pilots&Teachers. Build the Wall. Export Illegals. Profile Muslims.Kill all child molesters RFN!)
To: Valin; freedom44; AdmSmith; odds; Pan_Yans Wife; sionnsar
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posted on
08/21/2007 11:33:45 AM PDT
by
nuconvert
("Terrorism is not the enemy. It is a means to the ends of militant Islamism." MZJ)
To: nuconvert
Psychic Takes 500 Hostage...
To: GalaxieFiveHundred
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posted on
08/21/2007 11:34:53 AM PDT
by
nuconvert
("Terrorism is not the enemy. It is a means to the ends of militant Islamism." MZJ)
To: nuconvert
Witnesses said that the man who carried a Kalashnikov rifle merely intended to inform the audience of his personal problems.I nominate him for Attention Whore of the Year.
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posted on
08/21/2007 11:35:20 AM PDT
by
lesser_satan
(Fred Thompson '08)
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