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Iran sentences 2 American men to 8 years in jail (Berkeley Peace Studies Graduates)
http://www.startribune.com/local/128119833.html ^

Posted on 08/20/2011 7:09:54 AM PDT by macquire

TEHRAN, Iran - Iran's state TV is reporting that two American men already held for two years in Tehran have been sentenced to 8 years in jail each on charges of espionage and illegal entry.

Shane Bauer and Josh Fattal have been held since July 2009 after being taken into custody on the Iran-Iraq border.

The station's website says Bauer and Fattal, who are both 28, have been sentenced to three years each for illegal entry into Iran and five years each for spying for the United States. It's not clear if that includes time served.

They have 20 days to appeal the sentence.

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To: macquire

It is possible that 8 years in an Iranian prison could offset 4 years at Berkeley, and they could emerge conservatives.


21 posted on 08/20/2011 7:36:59 AM PDT by G Larry (I dream of a day when a man is judged by the content of his character)
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To: macquire

This is just funny, assuming it is accurately reported. However, it has always been peculiar that these three liberals were just hiking along the Iran/Iraq border.


22 posted on 08/20/2011 7:41:42 AM PDT by Truth29
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To: Baynative
using his fluency in speaking Arabic.

He should look at the silver lining. In eight years, he'll be fluent in Farsi as well.

23 posted on 08/20/2011 7:43:58 AM PDT by Gena Bukin (Perry/Rubio 2012)
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To: macquire; tiapam; oldteen; jaycee; HiJinx; stephenjohnbanker; All

LESSON:

Tresspass into Iran - get arrested, lose 1/2 your body weight and end up in prison for 8 years.

Tresspass into the United States of America - get free food, subsidized housing, free education, free medical care, jobs, throw your trash everywhere, spit on the citizens, and you don’t even have to speak English.


24 posted on 08/20/2011 7:49:52 AM PDT by yorkie
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To: yorkie; All

Good post. Enemies foreign, enemies domestic and useful idiots.


25 posted on 08/20/2011 7:58:33 AM PDT by PGalt
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To: macquire

***I guess all those Peace Study classes didn’t do them any good when they encountered their first hard line thug in the world... ***

About them! “Shane Bauer, a 2007 honors graduate in peace and conflict studies,....”

http://berkeley.edu/news/media/releases/2009/08/03_hikers.shtml

Wonder how “mush for brains” is going to like “squeeling like a pig” in his Iranian prison cell FOR THE NEXT EIGHT YEARS! A lot of good those “Peace and Conflict” sutdies did him, and Berkeley did a real good job of preparing them for the REAL WORLD! ;-D

Wonder if he has paid off his school loans yet!


26 posted on 08/20/2011 8:02:24 AM PDT by Ruy Dias de Bivar (Click my name. See my home page, if you dare! NEW PHOTOS & PAINTINGS)
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To: macquire

“Peace Studies” my ass. Man, karma sure is a bitch now isn’t it.


27 posted on 08/20/2011 8:10:13 AM PDT by RJS1950 (The democrats are the "enemies foreign and domestic" cited in the federal oath)
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To: ilovesarah2012
Does anyone know what “Peace Studies” qualifies you for after graduation?

Pizza delivery...

28 posted on 08/20/2011 8:11:06 AM PDT by Kenton (No hope, wrong change - Buck Ofama)
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To: Baynative
Shourd's mother has said she had been denied treatment for serious health problems, including a breast lump and precancerous cervical cells.

But, she was strong enough to go hiking in a war zone.

29 posted on 08/20/2011 8:13:17 AM PDT by Clock King (Ellisworth Toohey was right: My head's gonna explode.)
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To: macquire

Stupid is as stupid does!


30 posted on 08/20/2011 8:13:51 AM PDT by PALIN SMITH (In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act.)
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To: macquire

Sounds like a good lesson for them to learn.


31 posted on 08/20/2011 8:20:26 AM PDT by crosshairs (If Sharia Law becomes the law of the land, heads are gonna roll.)
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To: Gena Bukin
He should look at the silver lining. In eight years, he'll be fluent in Farsi as well.

The only words in Farsi he'll learn is "bend over my human goat".
32 posted on 08/20/2011 8:24:48 AM PDT by crosshairs (If Sharia Law becomes the law of the land, heads are gonna roll.)
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To: Virginia Ridgerunner

They have probably already been “engaged” multiple times in prison, with no ring to show for it.


33 posted on 08/20/2011 8:26:58 AM PDT by GnuHere
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To: Kenton

Ah, don’t you have to know which direction you are going to delivery pizza? Apparently these idiots don’t have a great sense of direction!


34 posted on 08/20/2011 8:29:54 AM PDT by ilovesarah2012
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To: macquire

They may be guilty of being stupid, of being incredibly naive, or they may have been up to something more than just hiking. Regardless of the reason they were there, the Obama administration isn’t doing anything on their behalf to try to secure their release. The President’s primary duty is to protect the citizens of this country. The message here is that foreign governments can do whatever they want to our people, and the U.S. will do absolutley nothing about it.


35 posted on 08/20/2011 8:34:22 AM PDT by GreenHornet
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To: macquire

Two fewer Obama voters for the next election.


36 posted on 08/20/2011 8:35:34 AM PDT by utax
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To: Lonesome in Massachussets

I rarely laugh out loud (really laugh out loud) to internet postings. Bravo!!


37 posted on 08/20/2011 8:37:54 AM PDT by bigdaddy45
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To: ilovesarah2012
Does anyone know what “Peace Studies” qualifies you for after graduation?

Drone in some peacenik foundation. That or hostage.
38 posted on 08/20/2011 8:38:08 AM PDT by Cheburashka (Blade Runner was set in 2019. Except for the flying cars and replicants we're right on schedule.)
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To: ilovesarah2012
Ah, don’t you have to know which direction you are going to delivery pizza? Apparently these idiots don’t have a great sense of direction!

You'd think that, or they could reach into their trust funds and buy a GPS. This is a weird case, isn't it? I mean, normally I'd be very upset if Americans were being held by Iran on trumped up charges.

But this is the kind of social Darwinism we haven't seen since Rachel Corrie made her little tactical misstep. About all I can muster up is a "silly hippies" and a shrug.

39 posted on 08/20/2011 8:47:35 AM PDT by Kenton (No hope, wrong change - Buck Ofama)
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To: Lonesome in Massachussets
Does anyone know what “Peace Studies” qualifies you for after graduation?
Making Farsi license plates?

There were some pretty good responses to that question. Yours was the best. LOL!

40 posted on 08/20/2011 9:02:30 AM PDT by Malone LaVeigh
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