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2009-11-27 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

Iran confiscates Nobel laureate Ebadi's medal

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Posted by Fred 2009-11-27 00:00|| || Front Page|| [2 views ] Top
File under: Govt of Iran

#1 Just give him another one...hell they're handing them out like candy these days.

Posted by gromky 2009-11-27 01:50|| ]">[ ] 2009-11-27 01:50|| Front Page Top

#2 Shirin's a she

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2009-11-27 07:14|| 2009-11-27 07:14|| Front Page Top

#3 And she deserved the prize, Gromky. Perhaps she should have dissolved it in aqua regia the way they hid Max von Laue and James Franck's medals from the Nazis during WWII.

Oh, dear, have I just violated Godwin's Law?

Posted by Eric Jablow">Eric Jablow 2009-11-27 08:30|| 2009-11-27 08:30|| Front Page Top

#4 She got the NB Prize in 2003 when Pope JP II was thought by some to be the front runner. Many people at the time thought the prize was awarded to her as a criticism of W's confrontation with Iraq. Her activities in Iran had little to do with peace. She was one of those "Islam is consistent with democracy and human rights" advocates who also defended some critics of the regime. However she herself was, at the time a sometimes supporter of the mullah's regime (she opposed the shah and supported the regime vigorously in its early years - she backed off after the 4th year of war with Iraq. She left Iran the day before the election and hasn't been back since.

Posted by lord garth 2009-11-27 09:24|| 2009-11-27 09:24|| Front Page Top

#5 Too late Lord Garth aqua regia has been mentioned. This thread is deh over.

Posted by Perry Stanford White 2009-11-27 15:00|| 2009-11-27 15:00|| Front Page Top

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