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  • Today is 4th of Novemeber

    11/04/2003 12:09:35 AM PST · by F14 Pilot · 37 replies · 401+ views
    Nov, 3rd. 2003 | F14 Pilot
    Today is the 24th anniversary of the day that the US Dipolamts in Tehran taken as hostages for 444 days. The Hard-line Iranian students and militants had demanded the return of the late Shah of Iran, to his homeland to stand trial, who was in the US for intensive medical cares he needed at the time. A few months later, A group of Special Forces were sent to rescue the hostages but the mission failed. Finally, The hostages released right after the President Reagan took office in 1980. Since that time, some hard line militants and students gather in front...