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| New light on Iranian involvement in French hostage taking |
| 2005-01-01 |
| Canard Enchaîne wrote in its final December issue "An Iranian minister came from Tehran to Paris with a message from President Khatami to announce to Chirac that the two hostages will be freed by the end of 2004". Shedding new light on Iran's involvement in the kidnapping of two French journalists in Iraq, the weekly added, "The envoy accompanied by Sadeq Kharrazi, the Islamic Republic's Ambassador to Paris, met with the French Interior minister in mid-December. Shortly afterwards, Chirac privately met with the envoy, where he gave him the good news. Iran's Hezbollah agents in Lebanon played a significant role in this case". |
| Posted by:tipper |
| #4 There we go again: Our enemy France with our enemy Iran. |
| Posted by: Glereper Craviter7929 2005-01-01 5:21:25 PM |
| #3 This shines a new light on the kidnappers' demand that the French repeal its prohibition against girls wearing Moslem ugly headscarves at school. Yes, and no. Methinks the head-scarf demand was from the rank-and-file kidnappers. Someone in the mullarchy took a longer, more strategic view of Iranian relations with France, and decided to correct the situation. |
| Posted by: Pappy 2005-01-01 3:51:27 PM |
| #2 The envoy accompanied by Sadeq Kharrazi, the Islamic Republic’s Ambassador to Paris, met with the French Interior minister in mid-December. Shortly afterwards, Chirac privately met with the envoy, where he gave him the good news Got the Gallic kneepads out, did they? |
| Posted by: Frank G 2005-01-01 12:05:47 PM |
| #1 This shines a new light on the kidnappers' demand that the French repeal its prohibition against girls wearing Moslem ugly headscarves at school. |
| Posted by: Mike Sylwester 2005-01-01 10:24:40 AM |