Breaking: Iran to release hostages as "gift" to UK

Posted by Evan Derkacz at 8:52 AM on April 4, 2007.

Ahmadinejad awards commanders...

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After criticizing the US, UK and the UN (is there anything the American and Iranian right wing don't agree on?) Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad announced that the 15 British soldiers were being pardoned and returned home tomorrow.

He said it was a gift to Britain "to mark the birthday of the prophet Muhammad last Saturday, and Easter." The Guardian has MORE.

Tagged as: iran, hostages, uk, ahmadinejad

Evan Derkacz is an AlterNet editor. He writes and edits PEEK, the blog of blogs.

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Who's next? [Report this comment] Posted by: themotie on Apr 4, 2007 9:32 AM Current rating: Not yet rated [1 = poor; 5 = excellent] OK. So now Ahmadinejad has shown he can be reasonable. Who's next? ;-) [« Reply to this comment] [Post a new comment »] [Rate this comment: 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5] » RE: Who's next? Posted by: drsivana99 » RE: Who's next? Posted by: peacefullaim Strange as it may seem, Amahdinejad... [Report this comment] Posted by: ~Fiona~ on Apr 4, 2007 11:29 AM Current rating: Not yet rated [1 = poor; 5 = excellent] ...Apparently has more sense than the infestation in the white house... Then again, what can you really expect from two-legged cockroaches? [« Reply to this comment] [Post a new comment »] [Rate this comment: 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5] » Opps... Posted by: ~Fiona~ Hostages? or Prisoners? [Report this comment] Posted by: jende on Apr 4, 2007 12:53 PM Current rating: Not yet rated [1 = poor; 5 = excellent] A difference does exist, despite what our professional propagandists say. [« Reply to this comment] [Post a new comment »] [Rate this comment: 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5]

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