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2009-04-20 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

Short Round Asks Court to Reconsider Spy Case

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Posted by Steve White 2009-04-20 00:00|| || Front Page|| [3 views ] Top

#1 ...This might be slightly encouraging except for the fact that the Iranians told Bambi to go pound rock salt:

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,517125,00.html

TEHRAN, Iran Iran has urged President Barack Obama not to comment on the case of a U.S. journalist convicted for spying and sentenced to prison before learning the details.

Iran's Foreign Ministry spokesman Hasan Qashqavi says Obama's training as a lawyer does not mean he should comment on Roxana Saberi's case without the proper context. He spoke to reporters during his weekly press briefing Monday.

Obama said Sunday he was "gravely concerned" about the safety and well-being of Saberi and was confident she wasn't involved in espionage

Iran announced Saturday that Saberi, a 31-year-old dual American-Iranian citizen, was sentenced to eight years in prison for spying for the United States. Tehran has not released many details of the case.

And he'll shut up like a good dhimmi, too.

Mike

Posted by Mike Kozlowski 2009-04-20 05:36|| 2009-04-20 05:36|| Front Page Top

#2 And he'll shut up like a good dhimmi, too.

He ain't dhimmi (or recalcitrant infidel).

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2009-04-20 05:39|| 2009-04-20 05:39|| Front Page Top

#3 Good mullah, bad mullah routine.

Posted by ed 2009-04-20 10:05|| 2009-04-20 10:05|| Front Page Top

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