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| Iran state TV confirms arrest of 3 Americans |
| 2009-08-02 |
| Iran state TV confirmed Saturday that it has detained three Americans who crossed the border from northern Iraq, saying they failed to heed warnings from Iranian guards. Kurdish officials from the self-ruled region in northern Iraq said the three -- two men and a woman -- were tourists who had mistakenly crossed into Iranian territory Friday while hiking in a mountainous area near the resort town of Ahmed Awaa. "The Iranians said they have arrested them because they entered their land without legal permission," said Qubad Talabani, the Kurdish regional government's envoy to Washington. Iran's state owned Arabic-language al-Alam TV station cited a "well-informed source" in the Interior Ministry that the three Americans were detained Friday after crossing into Iran's Kurdistan province. The report said the Americans were arrested after they did not heed warnings from Iranian border guards. State Department spokesman Robert Wood said Saturday that Washington had asked the Swiss, who represent U.S. interests in Tehran, "to confirm these reports with Iranian authorities and, if true, to seek consular access" to the detained Americans. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #10 REDDIT > IRAN READY TO BUILD ITS N-BOMB: ITS JUST WAITING FOR THE AYATOLLAH'S ORDERS [Khameini playing it cool]??? * BHARAT RAKSHAK/MIL FORUMS > PRESS TV > US INTIMATE WID RADICAL EXTREMISTS IN CENTRAL ASIA/OSAMA BIN LADEN, etal. WORKING WITH USA UP TO 9-11. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2009-08-02 23:51 |
| #9 Vishnu Rainbow and Moonbeam Flower, have you ever been in |
| Posted by: ed 2009-08-02 16:41 |
| #8 Make sure you tell them about your "rights", kiddies. |
| Posted by: tu3031 2009-08-02 14:53 |
| #7 Sounds like an Idiots of the Year award to me. |
| Posted by: Deacon Blues 2009-08-02 11:28 |
| #6 May I suggest a third "Bridget Jones Diary" set this time in the Middle East instead of Thailand--have Renee Zellweger encountering mean bad guys and charming them with her blond hair and giggling. Help Keep the exotic tourism business flush with cash!! Hippies welcome! |
| Posted by: GirlThursday 2009-08-02 11:27 |
| #5 Quiet please! "Teachable Moment" now in session. Besoeker is en fuego this morning. Maybe the mullahs will sit down with their new "Dude where's our Ahmed Awaa resort?" friends for a summit over a nice mug of castor oil. |
| Posted by: regular joe 2009-08-02 09:20 |
| #4 Hiking in Kurdistan? Whew.... When did people begin to think the rest of the world was EPCOT writ large and managed by the Disney corporation? |
| Posted by: whitecollar redneck 2009-08-02 08:24 |
| #3 looking to get back more detained Qods guys? |
| Posted by: Frank G 2009-08-02 08:19 |
| #2 Quiet please! "Teachable Moment" now in session. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2009-08-02 00:32 |
| #1 Stayed at a "Youth Hostel"? College aged probably, and raised in the idiot-generating embrace of liberals, possibly typical spoiled rich liberal brats. Bet they were stunned that they actually were expected to "obey those hairy foreigners - they didn't even speak English to them!" Are they in for a very rude awakening. Guess what kids: you have been lied to during your childhood, where everyone gets a trophy and a "b" grade for just showing up, and punishment is "time out" (where you can still text your friends and play with your Nintendo). Actions have consequences, quite often unpleasant ones. |
| Posted by: OldSpook 2009-08-02 00:27 |