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TEHRAN – The two American hikers jailed as spies in Iran were released Wednesday on bail into the custody of the Omani envoy in Tehran, Fox News reported. The State Department said the release to Oman was granted for Shane Bauer and Josh Fattal. Their Iranian lawyer, Masoud Shafiei, who was en route to see the men Wednesday, could not immediately confirm their release but earlier said, “The case is over.” Iranian Press TV also reported that the hikers were freed. TEHRAN – The two American hikers jailed as spies in Iran were released Wednesday on bail into the custody of the Omani envoy in Tehran, Fox News reported. The State Department said the release to Oman was granted for Shane Bauer and Josh Fattal. Their Iranian lawyer, Masoud Shafiei, who was en route to see the men Wednesday, could not immediately confirm their release but earlier said, “The case is over.” Iranian Press TV also reported that the hikers were freed. Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/world/2011/09/21/lawyer-for-2-us-hikers-says-bail-deal-approved/#ixzz1YasAgIXJ |
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Edited by
Chazster
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Wed 09/21/11 08:11 AM
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Personally I am shocked and appalled that the US didn't do more to get them freed sooner. I mean they were just hikers.
Like when I was in Japan last year some Chinese fisherman drove his boat into Japanese waters and when the Japanese coast guard told him to leave he rammed his boat into the coast guard's. Well they arrested him and the Chinese government had a fit. Threatened all this stuff and Japan released him after like 1 month or so. Point being that fisherman was 100% in the wrong but they were not gonna allow another country to hold him. Yet the US allowed this country to hold innocent people for over 2 years. |
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Personally I am shocked and appalled that the US didn't do more to get them freed sooner. I mean they were just hikers.
They always charge interlopers with spying. They usually let them go. How do we know what the U.S. did to get them freed? I know that I'm not privy to what negotiations take place behind doors. I doubt that any of the general public is. Besides, what kind of treaty arrangements do we have with Iran. Any at all? what "more" should the U.S. have been doing? |
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Personally I am shocked and appalled that the US didn't do more to get them freed sooner. I mean they were just hikers. Like when I was in Japan last year some Chinese fisherman drove his boat into Japanese waters and when the Japanese coast guard told him to leave he rammed his boat into the coast guard's. Well they arrested him and the Chinese government had a fit. Threatened all this stuff and Japan released him after like 1 month or so. Point being that fisherman was 100% in the wrong but they were not gonna allow another country to hold him. Yet the US allowed this country to hold innocent people for over 2 years. It's beause of the coward we have in the White House. |
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Let's see if the murder rates go up within the military ranks now that they or out.....or will the individuals hold to the dont ask dont tell policies anyways out of fear of hate crimes against them.
Generic Obamaphobe baiting. No substance. Just more cry-baby stuff. Deal with it! |
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Personally I am shocked and appalled that the US didn't do more to get them freed sooner. I mean they were just hikers.
They always charge interlopers with spying. They usually let them go. How do we know what the U.S. did to get them freed? I know that I'm not privy to what negotiations take place behind doors. I doubt that any of the general public is. Besides, what kind of treaty arrangements do we have with Iran. Any at all? what "more" should the U.S. have been doing? We should have threatened them with the ENTIRE 5th fleet. Send ALL of our ships off the coast of Iran and tell them they have 24 hours ro give us back he three kidnapped hikers and the missing\kidnapped FBI Agent or werecoming to get them. I guarantee we would have had them back within an hour. |
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Personally I am shocked and appalled that the US didn't do more to get them freed sooner. I mean they were just hikers.
They always charge interlopers with spying. They usually let them go. How do we know what the U.S. did to get them freed? I know that I'm not privy to what negotiations take place behind doors. I doubt that any of the general public is. Besides, what kind of treaty arrangements do we have with Iran. Any at all? what "more" should the U.S. have been doing? They apparently didn't do enough. They were not outspoken about it. In my situation China was very outspoken and they got their guy freed who actually committed a crime. |
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Edited by
artlo
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Wed 09/21/11 02:01 PM
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We should have threatened them with the ENTIRE 5th fleet. Send ALL of our ships off the coast of Iran and tell them they have 24 hours ro give us back he three kidnapped hikers and the missing\kidnapped FBI Agent or werecoming to get them. I guarantee we would have had them back within an hour.
It's re-assuring to know that we have armchair foreign relations experts among us who are in a position to guarantee things like this.I am indeed impressed. The hikers were convicted in Iran. No doubt, we would release convicted aliens to their parent countries if confronted by a bunch of boats floating off the eastern coast. I don't think Iran is that frightened of other countries, especially when thy have powerful allies in the region who could turn this little kerfuffle into a major international incident. Iran just isn't that weak and powerless. Tough talk from the masses is usually this naive. Not much thought going on here. Doesn't make much sense. China was very outspoken and they got their guy freed who actually committed a crime.
Could have something to do with the efforts by two Japanese Prime Ministers to foster more friendly relations with China. However, the "warm" relationship between the PRC and Japan has been revived by two Japanese Prime Ministers, Shinzo Abe and particularly Yasuo Fukuda whose father achieved to conclude the Treaty of Peace and Friendship between Japan and the People's Republic of China. In May 2008, Hu Jintao was the first Chinese President in over a decade to be invited to Japan on an official visit, and called for increased "co-operation" between the two countries. A "forth" joint statement[10] by President Hu and Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda read:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/People's_Republic_of_China–Japan_relations#2000s
"The two sides resolved to face history squarely, advance toward the future, and endeavor with persistence to create a new era of a "mutually beneficial relationship based on common strategic interests" between Japan and China. They announced that they would align Japan-China relations with the trends of international community and together forge a bright future for the Asia-Pacific region and the world while deepening mutual understanding, building mutual trust, and expanding mutually beneficial cooperation between their nations in an ongoing fashion into the future". You draw more bees with honey. I don't think we're quite at that stage with Iran. |
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We should have threatened them with the ENTIRE 5th fleet. Send ALL of our ships off the coast of Iran and tell them they have 24 hours ro give us back he three kidnapped hikers and the missing\kidnapped FBI Agent or werecoming to get them. I guarantee we would have had them back within an hour.
It's re-assuring to know that we have armchair foreign relations experts among us who are in a position to guarantee things like this.I am indeed impressed. The hikers were convicted in Iran. No doubt, we would release convicted aliens to their parent countries if confronted by a bunch of boats floating off the eastern coast. I don't think Iran is that frightened of other countries, especially when thy have powerful allies in the region who could turn this little kerfuffle into a major international incident. Iran just isn't that weak and powerless. Tough talk from the masses is usually this naive. Not much thought going on here. Doesn't make much sense. China was very outspoken and they got their guy freed who actually committed a crime.
Could have something to do with the efforts by two Japanese Prime Ministers to foster more friendly relations with China. However, the "warm" relationship between the PRC and Japan has been revived by two Japanese Prime Ministers, Shinzo Abe and particularly Yasuo Fukuda whose father achieved to conclude the Treaty of Peace and Friendship between Japan and the People's Republic of China. In May 2008, Hu Jintao was the first Chinese President in over a decade to be invited to Japan on an official visit, and called for increased "co-operation" between the two countries. A "forth" joint statement[10] by President Hu and Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda read:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/People's_Republic_of_China–Japan_relations#2000s
"The two sides resolved to face history squarely, advance toward the future, and endeavor with persistence to create a new era of a "mutually beneficial relationship based on common strategic interests" between Japan and China. They announced that they would align Japan-China relations with the trends of international community and together forge a bright future for the Asia-Pacific region and the world while deepening mutual understanding, building mutual trust, and expanding mutually beneficial cooperation between their nations in an ongoing fashion into the future". You draw more bees with honey. I don't think we're quite at that stage with Iran. It's better then having a coward with NO military or executive experience as President. |
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Im reminded of a saying my mother has
'sometimes you can walk on water and people will still criticize the fact that your feet got wet' |
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Oh come on you actually believe they weren't spies? Yes they were just hiking in Iraq ummmm everyone hike in the middle of war zones right
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Oh come on you actually believe they weren't spies? Yes they were just hiking in Iraq ummmm everyone hike in the middle of war zones right Actually, where they were arrested is a MAJOR tourist destination. |
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