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| BFFs no longer? Iran condemns Syria pilgrims abduction |
| 2012-01-27 |
| [Iran PressTV]- Iran's Foreign Ministry Spokesman Ramin Mehmanparast has condemned the kidnapping of 11 Iranian pilgrims in Syria, calling the act inhumane and unjustifiable. "These acts, which are against humane principles and moral and international obligations, are by no means justifiable, and it is expected that these people take immediate action to free Iranian pilgrims," Mehmanparast said on Thursday. Earlier on the day, a group of unknown gunnies attacked an Iranian bus on the road from the Syrian capital Damascus ...Capital of the last overtly fascist regime in the world... to the northwestern city of Aleppo ...For centuries, Aleppo was Greater Syria's largest city and the Ottoman Empire's third, after Constantinople and Cairo. Although relatively close to Damascus in distance, Aleppans regard Damascenes as country cousins... , abducting 11 Iranian men. The assailants drove off to an unknown destination afterwards, leaving the female passengers in the vehicle. "We also request the Syrian government authorities to employ all means available to ensure the safety of these Iranian nationals and their quick freedom," Iran's foreign ministry front man added. The gunnies have contacted the relatives of a kidnapped passenger in Tehran, confirming the abduction of the Iranian nationals and demanding a ransom. It was not known how much the abductors had wanted. Meanwhile, ...back at the cheese factory, all the pieces finally fell together in Fluffy's mind... five Iranian electrical engineers were kidnapped on December 21 on their way to a power plant in the troubled Syrian city of Homs by unknown gunnies. Two more Iranian experts, who were trying to clarify the situation of the five kidnapped engineers, have also been kidnapped and there has been no report on their whereabouts. Syria has been experiencing unrest since mid-March 2011. The Syrian government says "outlaws, saboteurs and armed terrorist groups" are responsible for the unrest, which is being orchestrated from abroad. |
| Posted by:trailing wife |
| #5 D *** NG IT, "T-S-U-F" [Thats So Unfair], or whatever it was in the Commercial. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2012-01-27 20:57 |
| #4 Yes there are some Shia shrines in Damascus but for someone from Iran, these are less important than those in Iraq or Iran. I'm thinking the Free Syrian Army killed or captured the Iranian 'pilgrims'. |
| Posted by: Lord Garth 2012-01-27 16:05 |
| #3 Wikipedia says that there's three significant Shia shrines or pilgrimage sites in Damascus, Garth, but I can't find anything about a shrine in Aleppo. Unless they were en route to the Turkish border for some sort of generic Muslim pilgrimage - maybe to Istanbul? I don't know why anyone would immediately blame this kidnapping on the Alawi regime - looks and sounds like freelance disorder, unless it's a false-flag provocation designed to infuriate the Iranians and keep the money taps flowing. Pretty stupid false-flag op, though, if that's what it is, because it's designed to piss off Iran about Syrians in general, some of that has to get on the regime as well. |
| Posted by: Mitch H. 2012-01-27 14:02 |
| #2 "...take immediate action to free Iranian pilgrims.." I doubt there are any worthwhile sites in Syria that would attract a Shiite from Iran. The guys taken were probably there to help Assad murder people and the anti-Assad people recognized the Persian accented arabic or the clothes or the big viva Ayattolah sign on the bus. |
| Posted by: Lord Garth 2012-01-27 13:11 |
| #1 Makes you wonder how many of them are al-Quds? Remember also that Iranians have been imported by Assad specifically to kill Syrians that Syrian military was hesitant to do. This has not endeared the Iranians to the revolutionaries. |
| Posted by: Anonymoose 2012-01-27 08:57 |