I found this interesting. Nothing different, typical Iranian bull(*)(*)(*)(*). What I'm wondering if would Erdogan help them despite he's a conservative. I hope our "beloved" prime minister won't ignore this call...
Don't expect anything from turkey right now. They are to busy to cover for a known terrorist entity to care about innocents.
Humanitarian gesture = Iranian shakedown... Family of jailed American in Iran fight bail Sep 13,`10 -- The family of an American woman detained in Iran for more than a year is appealing to authorities to drop a $500,000 bail for her release because they cannot afford it, her lawyer said Monday.
She's a young thing who cannot leave her mother... US Will Not Pay Bail for Detained American in Iran 13 September 2010 - State Department says US government will not be involved in any possible arrangement to pay Iran half-a-million dollars bail for Sarah Shourd See also: Report: Iran releases U.S. hiker Sept. 14, 2010 -- U.S. hiker Sarah Shourd, imprisoned in Iran for more than a year with two male companions, was released Tuesday, CNN reported.
WTF are Three American "Hikers" doing in contested territory on the border with Iran? This is akin to little me having a "Hiking Holiday" in America and setting up my little hiking tent in the Arizona desert right next to the Mexican border. ....And then wondering afterwards why something bad happened to me.
What Sarah Shourd's Release Says About Iran's Infighting... What the Hiker Release Says About Iran's Internal Power Struggle Wednesday, Sep. 15, 2010 - There will undoubtedly be some observers who will take Iran's release of an American hiker held for more than a year on spying charges as a portent of rapprochement in the fraught U.S.-Iran relationship, but that would be unwise. Nothing is ever simple when it comes to the Islamic Republic, and the tug-of-war between different arms of the Iranian government that preceded Sarah Shourd's release on Tuesday reveals a level of chaos and political infighting inside the regime that could complicate future diplomatic efforts.
Granny cries like a John Boehner atta wedding... US hikers jailed for spying by Iran get married 6 May 2012 - Shane Bauer proposed to Sarah Shourd while the couple were in custody
That's pretty screwed up. Although I guess being a journalist in Turkey still isn't as dangerous as being one in Northern Mexico.
Actual spies dont dress themselves as citizens of their own country, it dum to get yourself into a position you are likely to get arrested as a spy dont you think? Hiking in Syria or any other country the borders with Iran can get you to traspass as ther are no signs or fences in those areas, your onlyu indication is the Army jeep that picks you up and by then iots too late.