Americans convicted in Iran say they were hostages
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25-Sep-2011 (10 comments)

NEW YORK — Two Americans convicted in Iran of spying and jailed mainly in isolation for more than two years arrived in New York on Sunday, saying they were innocent and had been held hostage simply because of their nationality.

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Words under question marks...

by comments on Mon Sep 26, 2011 01:22 PM PDT

"Two Americans convicted in Iran of spying and jailed mainly in isolation for more than two years arrived in New York on Sunday, saying they were innocent and had been held hostage simply because of their nationality."

Words under question marks:

"isolation" in a "jail"!,

"innocent": maybe, if they were experienced hikers.  Where are the other places that they hiked?

"hostages": or prisoners.

 "nationality": of course, it had something to do with nationalities.  It's clear from such a lovely relationship between two governments.


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Tiger Lily

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by Tiger Lily on Tue Sep 27, 2011 05:17 AM PDT

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My Name Is Borat

What makes these different from those at Gitmo?

by My Name Is Borat on Mon Sep 26, 2011 01:03 PM PDT

Are you serious? Are you really, honestly comparing the two?

You are actually going to go online and leave a post comparing three idiots who felt compelled to go "hiking" along the Iran-Iraq border with trash that has actively participated in acts of war and terrorism against civilians?


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MeyBokhor_Manbarbesuzan

@Yolanda: "an iota of evidence"

by MeyBokhor_Manbarbesuzan on Mon Sep 26, 2011 06:55 AM PDT

"I have not heard an iota of evidence that these 2 guys committed espionage!"

What makes these different from those at Gitmo?

Wait here it is. They come from a rich country that can buy their freedom.

The old Graham Nash song comes to mind:

And here's a song to sing,
For every man inside,
If he can hear you sing
It's an open door.
There's not a rich man there
Who couldn't pay his way
And buy the freedom
that's a high price
For the poor.


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Truthseeker9

Lets hope

by Truthseeker9 on Mon Sep 26, 2011 03:00 AM PDT

they turn their horrendous ordeal into something positive. Now that they tasted this regime's brutality perhaps write a book and do things that may help dissidents in Iran, like Roxana Saberi did.


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yolanda

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by yolanda on Sun Sep 25, 2011 07:11 PM PDT

Where is the "irrefutable" evidence from IRI that these 2 guys are spies?

I have not heard an iota of evidence that these 2 guys committed espionage!

It is sad to hear these 2 guys said they heard screaming Iranians in Evin, but they could not help them!

I hope to hear more from these 2 guys about what was like in Evin!


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vildemose

 Freed hikers recount 2

by vildemose on Sun Sep 25, 2011 06:51 PM PDT

 Freed hikers recount 2 years of 'lies and false hope'

 //www.cnn.com/2011/09/25/us/us-iran-hikers/index.html

Reform requires the consent of the corrupt


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Soosan Khanoom

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by Soosan Khanoom on Sun Sep 25, 2011 03:09 PM PDT

hey squids, wanna go on a really exotic climbing trip? we're going to Afghanistan this time....YAY!.....call me

 

lol 


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yolanda

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by yolanda on Sun Sep 25, 2011 03:08 PM PDT


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yolanda

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by yolanda on Sun Sep 25, 2011 02:03 PM PDT

Bauer said......"It is the Iranian people who bear the brunt of this government's cruelty and disregard for human rights," he said.

"If the Iranian government wants to change its image in the world, and ease international pressure, it should release all political prisoners and prisoners of conscience immediately. They deserve their freedom just as much as we do," Bauer said.


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