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(From 2005) Former Hostages Allege Iran's New President Was Captor
CNN ^
| June 30, 2005
Posted on 09/23/2007 8:09:15 PM PDT by khnyny
NEW YORK (CNN) -- The White House said Thursday it is taking seriously the allegations by former hostages that Iran's hardline president-elect, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, was one of their captors at the U.S. Embassy in Tehran a quarter century ago.
President Bush told foreign reporters he has "no information, but obviously his involvement raises many questions."
"As soon as I saw the face, it rang a lot of bells to me," Don Sharer, who served as the embassy's naval attache at the time, told CNN.
"...Take 20 years off of him. He was there. He was there in the background, more like an adviser."
Abbas Abdi, the man well-known to be the leader of the 1979 hostage-takers, told CNN that Ahmadinejad, the Tehran mayor, "absolutely was not" part of the event that involved the captivity of 52 people.
Abdi later became a supporter of reformist President Mohammed Khatami and was recently released from jail for advocating closer ties with the United States.
Iranian officials also deny Ahmadinejad was involved.
The November 4, 1979, embassy takeover followed protests demanding that the United States return the Shah of Iran to Tehran for trial. He had been overthrown by the Islamic revolution 11 months prior and was receiving cancer treatment in New York at the time.
The embassy seizure lasted 444 days and resulted in a botched rescue mission that left eight U.S. soldiers dead and the severance of U.S.-Iranian ties ever since.
The Associated Press, in its archives, has a series of photographs showing a student hostage-taker that some of the former hostages believe to be Ahmadinejad.
(Excerpt) Read more at cnn.com ...
TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; Government; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: 444days; ahmanutjob; genevaconventions; iran; iranhostages; iranianhostages; jimmycarter; mahmoudahmadinejad; mullahloversonfr; tehran; traitorjcarter; usnavyseals; warcrimes; warcriminal; wtf
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And lest we forget how the hostages were ultimately treated by our own government:
Court rejects Iran hostage claim
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/3806087.stm
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posted on
09/23/2007 8:09:19 PM PDT
by
khnyny
To: khnyny
Hmmmm...now the CommunistNetworkNews is curious? Bastards they should have brought up the subject before the little murderous dictator stepped on US soil!!
To: khnyny
Arrest him.
And Jimmy Carter.
To: khnyny
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posted on
09/23/2007 8:14:24 PM PDT
by
khnyny
(The Clinton's: doing their part to advance the modern, democRAT 'hood mentality.)
To: RoseofTexas
Look at the date, this is old news, but some former hostages have been speaking out this past week about the “visit” tomorrow.
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posted on
09/23/2007 8:16:28 PM PDT
by
khnyny
(The Clinton's: doing their part to advance the modern, democRAT 'hood mentality.)
To: devolve; khnyny; ntnychik; PhilDragoo; dixiechick2000; FARS; Seadog Bytes; MeekOneGOP; Milhous; ...
I believe that is one of the pictures I have in this slideshow;
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posted on
09/23/2007 8:16:44 PM PDT
by
potlatch
(MIZARU_ooo_‹(•¿•)›_ooo_MIKAZARU_ooo_‹(•¿•)›_ooo_MAZARU_ooo_‹(•¿•)›_ooo_))
To: LdSentinal
Last time I checked, taking over an embassy is an act of war.
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posted on
09/23/2007 8:19:24 PM PDT
by
khnyny
(Ahmadinejad: There's A Jail Cell With Your Name On It Here in the US - Welcome)
To: potlatch
Great stuff, Potlatch. Thanks.
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posted on
09/23/2007 8:21:15 PM PDT
by
khnyny
(Ahmadinejad: There's A Jail Cell With Your Name On It Here in the US - Welcome)
To: khnyny
And monkeyboy gets a free pass into to US..............
To: khnyny; devolve
You are quite welcome. I’ve had that so long that I forgot about it!!
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posted on
09/23/2007 8:23:00 PM PDT
by
potlatch
(MIZARU_ooo_‹(•¿•)›_ooo_MIKAZARU_ooo_‹(•¿•)›_ooo_MAZARU_ooo_‹(•¿•)›_ooo_))
To: khnyny
Damn, you right! Still, I can’t stand the mediaprostitutes! They can go straight to HELL!!
To: doorgunner69
And Columbia University is giving this Monkeyboy a podium with a microphone and photo ops...
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posted on
09/23/2007 8:23:59 PM PDT
by
khnyny
(Ahmadinejad: There's A Jail Cell With Your Name On It Here in the US - Welcome)
To: khnyny
The White House said Thursday it is taking seriously the allegations by former hostages that Iran's hardline president-elect The gov't is just now knowing this? Since he's been elected in 2005, it's been all over the Internet. Snopes debunked this but then again Snopes is a left-wing website.
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posted on
09/23/2007 8:24:17 PM PDT
by
Extremely Extreme Extremist
(Hillary Clinton is the most corrupt presidential candidate to ever run for office)
To: khnyny
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posted on
09/23/2007 8:24:23 PM PDT
by
RaceBannon
(Innocent until proven guilty; The Pendleton 8: We are not going down without a fight)
To: Extremely Extreme Extremist
Nevermind, just saw the date.
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posted on
09/23/2007 8:24:54 PM PDT
by
Extremely Extreme Extremist
(Hillary Clinton is the most corrupt presidential candidate to ever run for office)
To: khnyny
The media came out with this story when he was first came to power. Not that I have anything against reminding people of it now.
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posted on
09/23/2007 8:25:24 PM PDT
by
Delacon
(When in doubt, ask a liberal and then do the opposite.)
To: khnyny
Abdi is lying. While Ahmadinejad was not a part of the original thinkers of taking oiver the US Embassy, he was certainly there and identified by several hostages as being one of ther interrogators.
http://rescueattempt.tripod.com/id28.html
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posted on
09/23/2007 8:26:33 PM PDT
by
RaceBannon
(Innocent until proven guilty; The Pendleton 8: We are not going down without a fight)
To: Extremely Extreme Extremist
There have been former hostages in the media just this past week denouncing Ahmadinejad’s visit tomorrow, reiterating their claims that he was involved in their capture and captivity.
I would think that if you had a life experience such as these hostages, you wouldn’t forget a face. I can provide more info/link re the more recent pronouncements, if you need further documentation.
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posted on
09/23/2007 8:30:10 PM PDT
by
khnyny
(Ahmadinejad: There's A Jail Cell With Your Name On It Here in the US - Welcome)
To: khnyny
Iranian officials also deny Ahmadinejad was involved.
Means nothing--they don't tell the truth.
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posted on
09/23/2007 8:32:05 PM PDT
by
Brasil
To: khnyny
A suggestion, if I may: put this nutjob in an arena armed only with a sword and shield - like in the movie: Gladiator and let loose a really big tiger, how about two?????? The outcome, please - oh, just a thought./Just Asking - seoul62..........
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posted on
09/23/2007 8:38:40 PM PDT
by
seoul62
(Just asking, Seoul62)
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