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2009-08-03 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

Iran says US tourists case on natural course

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Posted by Fred 2009-08-03 00:00|| || Front Page|| [7 views ] Top
File under: Govt of Iran

#1 I wonder if they'll be given all the rights and privileges they extend to their own citizens....

Posted by Woozle Glinemp1811 2009-08-03 17:29|| 2009-08-03 17:29|| Front Page Top

#2 Iran says US tourists case on natural course

Not going anywhere for awhile?

Posted by tu3031 2009-08-03 17:41|| 2009-08-03 17:41|| Front Page Top

#3 Sure, Woozle - none.

Posted by Barbara Skolaut">Barbara Skolaut 2009-08-03 19:08|| 2009-08-03 19:08|| Front Page Top

#4 The US nationals identified as Shane Bower, Sara Short and Joshua Steel...

Hmm. The ABC News article linked above gives their surnames as Bauer, Shourd, and Fattal. You can see how Bauer might become Bower and Shourd Short, but Fattal...? A google search on Fattal turns up an Israeli hotel chain, Syrian bakery, Lebanese diplomat. Hmmmmmmm.

Posted by Angie Schultz 2009-08-03 19:46|| 2009-08-03 19:46|| Front Page Top

#5 Possible relative of Jack Bauer?

Posted by Thing From Snowy Mountain 2009-08-03 19:53|| 2009-08-03 19:53|| Front Page Top

#6 Well, I'm thinking they're all Jews, in which case they're a) stone stupid for bumbling around over there alone and b) in deep trouble.

There's a Josh Fattal who's written two articles for Jewish Week, but I'm not positive he's the same one, because that one is a yeshiva student in Brooklyn (as opposed to living in Oregon). There's a Facebook page, but you have to have a Facebook page to look at it, so to hell with it.

But it's interesting that Press TV would Anglicize their surnames.

Posted by Angie Schultz 2009-08-03 20:14|| 2009-08-03 20:14|| Front Page Top

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