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American Reporter Kidnapped by Basij | |
2009-06-26 | |
As I waited for the news to load a young man named Ali offered to help me. I expressed my annoyance to him over the slowed internet speed, and the fact that Facebook, Gmail, Twitter and the BBC had all been blocked. "Our government is very bad," he said. I nodded my head slightly. Ali helped me hail a taxi to Valiasr Square to meet a friend for coffee. The taxi quickly moved through streets that were normally clogged with gridlock traffic. As we approached my destination two motorbikes pulled up on both sides of the taxi, waving for us to pull over. There were Basiji men. An unfamiliar feeling of terror came over me the moment I recognized one of the men as Ali from the net café. Read the rest. | |
Posted by:Frozen Al |
#1 She was arrested, not 'kidnapped'. She sounds like an 'emotional' type of person. Given that, probably not the best place or time for her to have been there. Glad she's out. |
Posted by: Mullah Richard 2009-06-26 17:17 |