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| 3 detained Americans are what we figured they were |
| 2009-08-03 |
| ABC News has learned that the detainees are two writers and an environmental worker with ties to the Midwest and West Coast. Shane Bauer is a freelance journalist based in the Middle East and originally from Minnesota; Sarah Shourd is also based in the Middle East as a writer and teacher and is from California; and Joshua Fattal is an environmental worker from Oregon. According to his Web site, ShaneBauer.net, Bauer is a fluent Arabic speaker and is a correspondent for New America Media. His work has appeared in the Los Angeles Times, San Francisco Chronicle, Christian Science Monitor and The Nation. His site says he graduated with honors from the University of California Berkeley with a degree in Peace and Conflict Studies A profile on BraveNewTraveler.com says that Shourd is a teacher-activist-writer who "loves fresh broccoli, Zapatistas and anyone who can change her mind." Keep em... |
| Posted by:tu3031 |
| #6 Baurer hits the idiot trifecta: 1. Degree in Peace and Conflict Studies 2. University of California Berkeley 3. From Minnesota (Explains a bit how Al Franken got elected) |
| Posted by: OldSpook 2009-08-03 21:05 |
| #5 "loves... anyone who can change her mind." Hello Miss, welcome to the Chapel, An Imam will wed you to Mahmoud over there, after which you get slipped a mickey and he gets to have his wedding night with you whether you like it or not. Your husband for tomorrow will be Achmed over there, and his brother. We will change your mind. And you will therefore love us, long time. |
| Posted by: OldSpook 2009-08-03 21:02 |
| #4 New America Media? Isn't this Gore's little media enterprise. Probably not. Their web site says that they're "The First & Largest Collaboration of Ethnic News Organizations" and has a tagline of "Expanding the News Lens Through Ethnic Media". On their site is this article from '07 calling Gore a "prime time hypocrite". Their front page has an article on Bauer (unclear what ethnic group he represents; hope it's not Jews). Says Shourd is his girlfriend. |
| Posted by: Angie Schultz 2009-08-03 19:23 |
| #3 New America Media? Isn't this Gore's little media enterprise. If so it seems his folks have a tendency to hang out on dangerous borders. And get caught doing so. Probably finding the world is not so friendly as they thought. |
| Posted by: tipover 2009-08-03 18:32 |
| #2 Hopefully, all that expensive education will pay off. I'm betting they flub the real world test, though. |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2009-08-03 14:54 |
| #1 fluent Arabic speaker Persians aren't especially keen on Arabic speakers within their borders, if I remember my history correctly. |
| Posted by: Mullah Richard 2009-08-03 13:08 |