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| Iran says US tourists case on natural course |
| 2009-08-03 |
| [Iran Press TV Latest] Amid reports of a connection between three US tourists captured in Iran and the CIA, Iran's foreign policy committee says their case will take its natural course. The US nationals identified as Shane Bower, Sara Short and Joshua Steel were reportedly arrested on Friday after crossing into the country via Iraq's northern Kurdish region. They had "mistakenly" crossed into Iranian territory Friday while hiking in a mountainous area, Kurdish officials from the self-ruled region were reported as saying. This is while reports clamed Colonel Anwar Haj Omar of the Halabja police force in northern Iraq on Sunday linked the three to the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). "These three people were agents working with the CIA and were arrested near the resort town of Ahmed Awaa," Omar was quoted by Ayandeh news as saying. The head of the Iranian Parliament's foreign policy committee, Alaeddin Boroujerdi, elaborated on the issue. "This case is currently on its natural course," Boroujerdi said without giving any additional information on the status of the detainees. The US State Department said on Sunday that the Swiss ambassador to Tehran is trying to obtain information concerning the three Americans. The Swiss embassy looks after US interests in Iran since the two countries have no diplomatic relations. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #6 Well, I'm thinking they're all Jews, in which case they're a) stone stupid for bumbling around over there alone and b) in deep trouble. There's a Josh Fattal who's written two articles for Jewish Week, but I'm not positive he's the same one, because that one is a yeshiva student in Brooklyn (as opposed to living in Oregon). There's a Facebook page, but you have to have a Facebook page to look at it, so to hell with it. But it's interesting that Press TV would Anglicize their surnames. |
| Posted by: Angie Schultz 2009-08-03 20:14 |
| #5 Possible relative of Jack Bauer? |
| Posted by: Thing From Snowy Mountain 2009-08-03 19:53 |
| #4 The US nationals identified as Shane Bower, Sara Short and Joshua Steel... Hmm. The ABC News article linked above gives their surnames as Bauer, Shourd, and Fattal. You can see how Bauer might become Bower and Shourd Short, but Fattal...? A google search on Fattal turns up an Israeli hotel chain, Syrian bakery, Lebanese diplomat. Hmmmmmmm. |
| Posted by: Angie Schultz 2009-08-03 19:46 |
| #3 Sure, Woozle - none. |
| Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2009-08-03 19:08 |
| #2 Iran says US tourists case on natural course Not going anywhere for awhile? |
| Posted by: tu3031 2009-08-03 17:41 |
| #1 I wonder if they'll be given all the rights and privileges they extend to their own citizens.... |
| Posted by: Woozle Glinemp1811 2009-08-03 17:29 |