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Debbie Schlussel
30 Years Ago Today, Iran Took Americans Hostage; 30 Yrs Later, They Won, We Lost; Quiet Shi’ite Invasion of US Soil
Taken captive on November 4, 1979, they–the hostages–missed a lot. But while they were ultimately released, in the long term these “revolutionary” Iranian “students” succeeded in spades. Full Article at Debbie Schlussel
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CNN’s Iranian-born chief international correspondent Christiane Amanpour interviewed one of the leaders of the militant group which stormed the U.S. embassy in Tehran in 1979 and held 52 Americans hostage for 444 days for her “Amanpour” program. Full Article at Newsbusters
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'I had been told ... if ever you get to the point where you're really, really afraid for your life, get out; and I never really felt that way.'—Photographer Peter Bregg 'Today it's different, today they play for keeps.'—Photographer Peter... Full Article at CBC News
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(On Nov. 4, 1979, Iranian students stormed and took control of the U.S. Embassy in Tehran, holding 53 American hostages for 444 days. Full Article at United Press International
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Bruce Laingen receives a U.S. flag from President Ronald Reagan at his homecoming ceremony in 1981. Laingen, a Minnesota native, was held prisoner during the Iran hostage crisis from Nov. 4, 1979 to Jan. 20, 1981. Full Article at MPR | Minnesota Public Radio
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This event helped set the United States and Iran on a path of sustained suspicion, mistrust and confrontation ... I have made it clear that the United States of America wants to move beyond this past, and seeks a relationship with the Islamic Republic of Iran based upon mutual interests and mutual respe...
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If they do not hand over these traitors or at least expel them from their country ... we shall have another course of action.
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I was off watch. I was asleep and men with guns came aboard. It was on Friday last week at 2.30am (10.30pm GMT, 9.30am AEDT)
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I'm absolutely certain that, whoever is in power, we will never get a clear answer [about the events of 2002] ... We are sure that both Nord-Ost and Beslan were political games of our national leaders, and nobody is going to give us the names of those responsible. But we know who those people are, and w...
SOURCE: Spero News
