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Hikers Charged With Spying in Iran

Might I suggest that their best defense is that they are too stupid to be spies?

Three young Americans detained in Iran over alleged illegal entry are to be charged with espionage, Iranian state news agency Irna says.

Shane Bauer, Sarah Shourd and Joshua Fattal have been held by Iranian authorities since the end of July.

The trio are thought to have crossed a poorly marked border by mistake while hiking in Iraq’s Kurdish region.

The US urged Iran to free the group, while their relatives called the allegations against them “untrue”.

Speaking in Berlin, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said that there was “no evidence to support any charge whatsoever”.

Posted by Owen at 2152 hrs
Foreign Affairs

1. I don’t know, remember Chevy Chase and Dan Akroyd in Spys like us?  They were not real bright but THEY still got the job done

   Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on November 10, 2009 at 0622 hrs
   
   
   

2. If they threw me into a cell and beat me for a month I would tell them anything they wanted to hear.

   Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on November 10, 2009 at 0931 hrs
   
   
   

3. I do follow the news… but it’s a first time I heard about it. So, what was done sinse July to free these students? They were TOO stupid to hike (?!!) in Iraq. Hello, we are still at war. It’s like entering the cage with a bunch of lions!

   Posted by Callenda@Israeli Uncensored News on November 10, 2009 at 1335 hrs
   
   
   

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