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[Terrorism Watch] Terrorism Watch: Iraqi Kurds accuse Iran of illegal border crossing: The mountainous region is near where three American hikers were detained by Iranian forces in July 2009 and charged with spying after Tehran said they illegally crossing the border. One of the hikers has since been released on bail, and all maintain they thought they were on the Iraqi side of the border when they were arrested.

[halfiranian.com] Happy birthday Shane « halfiranian.com: Shane and Sarah (and I’m sure Josh, though I’ve never had the fortune to meet him) are some of the good ones. They have dedicated a large part of their lives to fighting injustice wherever it pops its ugly head, whether in the US or elsewhere.

[Motherlode] The Imprisoned Hikers' Moms - NYTimes.com: I’ve written about the three moms before, and when I told her I wanted to write an update about how she is coping, she replied, “Who says I’m coping?” A week after we spoke, she joined Josh and Shane in their hunger strike, a defiant act they initiated when they were denied access to letters from their families.

[100gf | Politics and Computers] Iran announces US hikers Joshua Fattal and Shane Bauer will go on ...: This is seen as a hint that the two hikers might be released on or shortly after July 31st and allowed to leave Iran. But that’s by no means certain, and there are likely to be intense behind the scenes negotiations between Iranian and US diplomats in an effort to resolve the situation.

[Maziar Bahari] Newsweek, October 28, 2010 | Maziar Bahari: But when told that Meckfessel had said that the hikers were already based in the Middle East and that the area is advertised as safe for foreign tourists, the same former intelligence official said he was even more suspicious. “So these people say they knew the region inside out and still approached Iran’s border with American passports in their pockets a month after the chaos and turbulence in the streets of Iran, a month after people like you were getting arrested for reporting what was going on?

[Council for a Livable World -- The Chain Reaction:] What We're Reading Now - Council for a Livable World -- The Chain ...: An Iranian government-owned shipping line that the United States believes is integral to Iran’s efforts to obtain banned technology for its nuclear and missile programs has illegally funneled tens of millions of dollars in financial transactions through the American banking system over the past three years, evading sanctions by cloaking itself in corporate alter egos and falsifying records, according to an indictment that the Manhattan district attorney plans to unseal on Monday.

[Straight Dope Message Board] Hiking on the Iraq/Iran border. Really? - Straight Dope Message Board: Instead, you simply treat any Americans caught making an unauthorized border crossing as possible spies -- in which case it doesn't matter how good the cover is, since you catch anyone who fakes incredible stupidity by also catching anyone who comes by it genuinely.

[Babylon & Beyond] IRAN: Detained American hikers to be tried on 2nd anniversary of ...: The two are being held inside Iran's notorious Evin Prison, a massive compound in the foothills of Tehran's Alborz Mountain range that also houses some of the country's most renowned dissidents. The two men's detention has become a sore spot between the U.S. and Iran.

[Latest Articles from SafeWorld] IRAN Detained American hikers to be tried on 2nd anniversary of ...: Berkeley grads Joshua Fattal, Shane Bauer and Sarah Shourd were arrested by Iranian forces after allegedy crossing into  Iran during a hiking trip. Shourd was later released on $500,000 bail in September 2010, and continues to fight for Fattal and Bauer's freedom. 

[Nicholas D. Kristof] Hikers on Trial - NYTimes.com - Nicholas D. Kristof Blog: For five hours a day the sunlight shines through the only window in Josh and Shane’s cell in Evin Prison, casting a small square of light on the wall. As the sun steals across the horizon, Josh and Shane’s square of light moves in its own arc across the 10 feet of their universe.

[Hometown Source] Sen. Klobuchar to visit mother of hiker jailed in Iran | Hometown ...: Amy Klobuchar will be going to Pine City on Friday morning to visit with and show her support for Cindy Hickey, the mother of Shane Bauer, one of the two American hikers who have been imprisoned in Iran since July 2009.

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