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Reports: Rouhani Home with US 'Gift' of Silver Griffin
breitbart.com ^ | 9/28/13 | afp

Posted on 09/28/2013 12:34:59 PM PDT by ColdOne

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani on Saturday brought home a 2,700-year-old Persian artifact the US administration gave him as "a special gift" to Iranians, media reports said.

"The Americans contacted us on Thursday and said 'we have a gift for you'," Rouhani told reporters upon arrival at the airport in Tehran, the ILNA news agency reported.

"They gave it back as a special gift to the Iranian nation."

Rouhani was speaking of a 7th century BC silver Persian drinking cup in the shape of a winged Griffin, a legendary creature with the head of an eagle and body of a lion.

It is reported to be worth more than a million dollars.

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; Israel; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: antiquities; artifacts; ggg; gifts; hassanrouhani; hillarylootedwh; hillarywh; iran; museums; obama; obamabowstoiran; obamabowtoiran; rouhani; rouhanigift; silverdrinkingcup
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To: ColdOne

Obviously non-islamic. Some sort of graven image, quick get a hammer and pound it flat. Might be some way to use the silver to make switches for suicide belts. Thanks a lot Obama.


41 posted on 09/28/2013 2:34:01 PM PDT by center mass
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To: bkopto

Everything is his to give away. Why? Because he says it is and nobody challenges him.

W gave something back to Mexico. A flag or Santa Ana’s sword, can’t remember.


42 posted on 09/28/2013 2:49:44 PM PDT by VerySadAmerican (".....Barrack, and the horse Mohammed rode in on.")
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To: ColdOne

What?? No DVD’s?


43 posted on 09/28/2013 2:50:24 PM PDT by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped.)
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To: ColdOne

He should have given them a cake in the shape of a key. They’re suckers for that.


44 posted on 09/28/2013 3:03:41 PM PDT by Cyber Liberty (It's hard to accept the truth when the lies were exactly what you wanted to hear.)
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To: bkopto

No it belonged to we the people..

Barry probably burglarized the Smithsonian...


45 posted on 09/28/2013 3:08:16 PM PDT by Tennessee Nana
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To: ColdOne

“It is reported to be worth more than a million dollars.” —

— Priceless treasure for the president of Iran — I-pad with of Obama speeches to the Queen of England.

That should tell you something about Obama...


46 posted on 09/28/2013 3:18:34 PM PDT by Innovative ("Winning isn't everything, it's the only thing." -- Vince Lombardi)
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To: Sacajaweau

‘They said nothing.”

That is NOT the point — the point is the gesture that Obama gratuitously talked with the President of Iran and Iran did absolutely NOTHING for it. It’s a propaganda coup for Iran and humiliation for the US.


47 posted on 09/28/2013 3:21:28 PM PDT by Innovative ("Winning isn't everything, it's the only thing." -- Vince Lombardi)
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To: ColdOne

Glad we gave that dang Griffin / Gryphon / Gryphin thang back .... Just collectin dust here ....


48 posted on 09/28/2013 3:32:18 PM PDT by Squantos ( Be polite, be professional, but have a plan to kill everyone you meet ...)
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To: Irenic
Radical Muslims have no respect for artifacts that predate their religion. Just look at what the Taliban did to the historic buddas of Bamiyan.

It makes you want to cry. Destroying such priceless historic artifacts is a crime against all of humanity.

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49 posted on 09/28/2013 3:37:36 PM PDT by 3Fingas (Sons and Daughters for Freedom and Rededicaton to the Principles of the U.S. Constitution)
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To: haircutter

Remember when Bill and Hillary left the white house? They packed up valuable china, artwork, silverware.

The parks dept. contacted them and asked that certain items be returned to the white house.

http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/story?id=121856&page=1


50 posted on 09/28/2013 4:30:35 PM PDT by servantboy777
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To: ColdOne
A "gift" to reward them for downing our most advanced drone and refusing to give it back? A reward for their nuclear weapons program? For their keeping prisoner and torturing Christian Saeed Abedini for a year. For backing Hizbollah and other terrorist groups?

Obama is a disgusting pig.

51 posted on 09/28/2013 4:32:25 PM PDT by montag813 (NO AMNESTY * ENFORCE THE LAW * http://StandWithArizona.com)
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To: ColdOne

The Commie would give away our nuclear secrets if he could.


52 posted on 09/28/2013 4:35:18 PM PDT by St_Thomas_Aquinas ( Isaiah 22:22, Matthew 16:19, Revelation 3:7)
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To: St_Thomas_Aquinas

I am sure he will do that by the time he is out of office


53 posted on 09/28/2013 4:35:50 PM PDT by ColdOne (I miss my poochie... Tasha 2000~3/14/11)
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To: Viennacon
The Queen of England gets a videotape of "Barack Obama's Greatest Hits" and the President of Iran gets a priceless relic? Just for taking a phone call...???

What is a handshake going to cost? Will he give the Iranis South Dakota for a state dinner?

54 posted on 09/28/2013 4:56:48 PM PDT by okie01 (The Mainstream Media: Ignorance On Parade)
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To: bgill

A Griffin is a guardian, symbol of supreme power. So what message does Obama want this “gift” to covey?


55 posted on 09/28/2013 4:59:53 PM PDT by Toespi
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To: Undecided 2012

Well Undecided 2012... thank you much for the bulletin, but I believe I first noticed a change in the air sometime around November of 2000 ;)

A good friend directed me to FreeRepublic, where I was thrilled to find so many like minded folk, so many who were indeed noting a distinct change in the country, and it was not for the better. I lurked and listened and learned, and eventually, screwed my courage to the sticking place and began posting, lol.

So feel free to scroll back through, and you will find post after post that affirms quite clearly, that the vast majority of us know exactly how we are viewed, and what we are up against...

May God keep watch,
Tatt


56 posted on 09/28/2013 5:55:06 PM PDT by thesearethetimes... ("Courage, is fear that has said its prayers." Dorothy Bernard)
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To: silverleaf

Remind you again? How many times do we have to remind you that Obama is an idiot?


57 posted on 09/28/2013 6:03:09 PM PDT by Henry Hnyellar
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To: Henry Hnyellar

Remind you again? How many times do we have to remind you that Obama is an idiot?

Funny you said that, I wonder if I can train a parrot to say, “idiot” when his face is shown on TV?


58 posted on 09/28/2013 6:41:04 PM PDT by Undecided 2012
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To: Sacajaweau
"And who called who??

This is a joke. Russia must be laughing their _ _ _ off.

Call was made/taken by a Russian or Iranian morning radio DJ - the kind that play pranks on people.

That would be ha ha funny to Putin!

Pranking DJ to Obama would be awesome!

59 posted on 09/28/2013 6:58:43 PM PDT by hummingbird (Don't be afraid of the big words.)
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To: Toespi
"A Griffin is a guardian, symbol of supreme power. So what message does Obama want this “gift” to covey?"

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Let's ask Valerie Jarrett - she has an Iranian background.

60 posted on 09/28/2013 7:10:37 PM PDT by hummingbird (Don't be afraid of the big words.)
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