Iran Ambassador: Female Hiker Will Be Released 'Very Soon'

[Gerald]

Canceled

2010.09.09 (Yala, Thailand) - Muslim separatists shoot a 52-year-old Buddhist in the head then kick his body under a bridge.2010.09.09 (Vladikavkaz, Russia) - A Shahid drives an explosives-laden vehicle into a market, blasting seventeen shoppers to bits.2010.09.09 (Mogadishu, Somalia) - Five Fedayeen suicide bombers storm an airport and kill nine others, including two women.2010.09.09 (Kurram, Pakistan) - Militants murder ten bus passengers with an explosive device.2010.09.09 (Diyala, Iraq) - A woman is beheaded in her own home by suspected al-Qaeda 'insurgents'.2010.09.09 (Muqdadiya, Iraq) - A cleric is beheaded and set on fire by Freedom Fighters.

[SteamWake]

Wow this got ugly.

[Jimbuna]

Makes one wonder if it was not the original intention from the start

[Gerald]

Originally Posted by jimbuna

Makes one wonder if it was not the original intention from the start

[Platapus]

Let's everyone sing along

First you say you do, and then you don't, And then you say you will, and then you won't; You're undecided now, so what are you gonna do?

http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/meast/...ex.html?hpt=T1

Sarah Shourd, one of three American hikers detained in Iran for more than a year, could be released Sunday or Monday, an Iranian lawyer representing the hikers told CNN Sunday.

"Everything is in place for the release," said lawyer Massoud Shafii, who got to see them for the first time on Sunday. "It's up to the family when to deliver the money."


The official Islamic Republic News Agency reported earlier Sunday that Shourd will be released if bail worth about $500,000 for her is submitted to the Iranian judiciary.


...

Oh, so now it is called "bail". Back in my day it was called a ransom.



This is not bail. There is no way she would ever go back to stand trial in an Iranian court. The Iranians know this (and have set such "bail" on other foreigners in the past). Because they did not charge her with anything, they can't call it a fine, so it is a "bail".


Just call it what it is. Extortion.


Well, I am just glad it is not the US government ponying up this "bail". But I do feel, sorta, sorry for the family to have to part with a cool half million for their idiot daughter.


Which raises a question: How much would you pay to "bail" out your idiot adult kid if they pulled a stupid stunt like this?


For a 32 year old dumbass like that? I don't know if I would pay $500,000 (even if I had it, which I don't).

[SteamWake]

There is always a catch.

Woman to be released for $500,000 ransom er.. sorry bail.

[Gerald]

Iran to Free American Hiker — For a Price.Iranian prosecutor says authorities will release Sarah Shourd on bail due to her health problems, more than a year after she was jailed with two other Americans and accused of spying.

http://www.foxnews.com/world/2010/09...an-woman-bail/





Note:Published September 12, 2010

[Jimbuna]

Originally Posted by Platapus

Which raises a question: How much would you pay to "bail" out your idiot adult kid if they pulled a stupid stunt like this?


For a 32 year old dumbass like that? I don't know if I would pay $500,000 (even if I had it, which I don't).

I doubt anyone can truly answer that unless they found themselves in the self same position.

[jumpy]

I had to laugh at the conflicting irony of these two articles:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-11275130 (and previous articles on this story in the last week)

&

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-11264102

Iran stamps it's feet over some relic, severing relations with the british museum amid accusations of 'excuses'...

Two different stories, two different pints of view, both of which are calling pot-kettle

[TLAM Strike]

Originally Posted by jumpy

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-11264102

Iran stamps it's feet over some relic, severing relations with the british museum amid accusations of 'excuses'...

Historians regard it as the world's first declaration of human rights and it is valued by people around the world as a symbol of tolerance and respect for different peoples and faiths.

Damn! No wonder they want it back! Can't let the world get the wrong idea about Iran... or give their own people the wrong ones...

[Gerald]

Tehran, Iran (CNN) -- Sarah Shourd, one of three American hikers detained in Iran for more than a year, could be released as early as Monday once $500,000 is submitted to the Iranian judiciary.

"Everything is in place for the release," said lawyer Massoud Shafii, who got to see the hikers for the first time on Sunday. "It's up to the family when to deliver the money."

The United States and Iran have had no diplomatic relations for three decades, and Washington is not involved in moves to free Shourd, a State Department spokesman said Sunday.


http://edition.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/me...ex.html?hpt=T2



Note:September 13, 2010 Updated 0549 GMT

[August]

Originally Posted by jumpy

Iran stamps it's feet over some relic, severing relations with the british museum amid accusations of 'excuses'...

How much you want to bet that if the British loan the cylinder to the Iranians they never give it back.

[Gerald]

The lawyer for an American woman detained in Iran said her family is appealing to authorities to drop a demand for $500,000 bail in exchange for her release because it cannot afford the amount.

http://www.foxnews.com/world/2010/09...an-woman-bail/




Note:September 13, 2010

[Gerald]

Sarah Shourd, who has been behind bars in Iran for more than a year on charges she was spying for the U.S., is now a free woman after $500G bail was posted




http://www.foxnews.com/world/2010/09...d-year-prison/


Note:Published September 14, 2010