Corporate media claims New Iranian Leader Was a Captor

[maddiejoan]

Do you believe this crap?


SAVANNAH, Ga. (June 30) - A quarter-century after they were taken captive in Iran, five former American hostages say they got an unexpected reminder of their 444-day ordeal in the bearded face of Iran's new president-elect. Watching coverage of Iran's presidential election on television dredged up 25-year-old memories that prompted four of the former hostages to exchange e-mails. And those four realized they shared the same conclusion - the firm belief that President-elect Mahmoud Ahmadinejad had been one of their Iranian captors.


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[chelsea0011]

1. And we have a Yale/Haaahvad grad who is a war criminal

[Armstead]

2. Probably true

The non corporate Radio Australia interviewed an Iranian "blogger" who outlined this guys past, including his activities in the Iranian Revolution.

He sounds like bad news.

[Oreo]

3. Any attack on Iran...

will make Iraq look like a day in the park.

Since we don't have any troops to spare, I really wouldn't be surprised if they didn't use some of their new nukular bunker busters... I really wouldn't. When that happens... Putin won't stand by and watch.

[hexola]

4. not the guy say BBC

Hijacked from LBN post by allemand

Mohsen Mirdamadi, who was the leader of the hostage takers, told the BBC that Mr Ahmadinejad had never been with them even for one minute.

Another top student leader, Abbas Abdi, also denied the allegations as did Hamid Reza Jalaiepour, another hostage-taker. (...)

The three former students are now reformists who oppose hardliners like Mr Ahmadinejad, and would have no reason to hide his involvement now.

Photographs have appeared on the internet showing a young bearded man leading a blindfolded American hostage (...). But the man in the photograph appears much taller than Mr Ahmadinejad, and looks nothing like other pictures of him as a student which can be found on his website.

More:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4636955.stm

[Walt Starr]

5. Evil doing terraists cannot run regimes. Regime change must be our policy.

The smoking gun could be a mushroom cloud.

Watch as he gasses his own people.

[H2O Man]

6. Actually

it is some of the former hostages making the claim, not the corporate media. They are reporting that the former hostages are making the claim. That is a significant difference, and in order that we are to be at least as accurate and honest as they are, it's important to note that distinction.

I think the corporate media is high-lighting this to whip up some hysteria. However, in a very real sense, it should not come as any surprise that a former student leader would become a political leader twenty five years later.

[maddiejoan]

8. not buying it.

and the CMedia™ is the one whipping up this "story". I could probably find a former hostage that thinks the moon is made of cheese, but that wouldn't make it true.
even a casual glance at the photo told me it's a non-story. The guy in the pic is not the same guy.

[H2O Man]

9. That's your choice.

But there is no question that the former hostages are the ones who have identified him. One suspects they may have more to base their beliefs on than you. In fact, you have nothing of serious consequence to base your opinion on, do you? Do you have a lot of information that the former hostages aren't privy to?

[maddiejoan]

11. It's called a photograph

http://cdn.news.aol.com/aolnews_photos/02/05/20050630090609990012

And the majority of the hostages say they "can't be certain".

[H2O Man]

12. No question about that.

And the fact that the majority of the hostages aren't certain is important .... but it's not proof one way or the other.

What is important, I believe, is that the media will use this to fan the flames of passion in the US, at a time when the Bush administration and some allies appear to be considering actions against Iran.

More, it brings into question the US commitment to democracy ... because it appears that the Iranian people choose to elect a person the US government dislikes.

[maddiejoan]

13. exactly

the reason I posted this is to draw attention to the new slant the media will take on Iran.

[H2O Man]

14. I note that not a single

media source that I have seen has said that there is not only a possibility, but indeed a likelihood, that Islamic people are going to elect leaders that are not going to be to the liking of the administration. Our media never exposes the fact that the administration is in bed with the worst type of "leaders" in the Islamic world -- and we need only look at Saudi Arabia for proof.

Years ago, when the Americans were held hostage, Dick Gregory wrote an article in which he said America would not be able to understand Islamic people in the Middle East until American learned to understand Malcolm X's message. Dick Gregory is one of the wisest men in our country. What he wrote 24 years ago is just as true today.

[tanyev]

7. Well yeah, when you start spreading democracy,

you just don't know what kind of a criminally stupid moron the people might end up electing.

[BringEmOn]

10. I thought those "ragheads" all looked alike...

:sarcasm: