Odd Timing by Iran in Release of American Journalist
The mullahs may have some strategic worries that led to Roxana Saberi's release. (See also Michael Ledeen: "What's a Roxana Worth?" )
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Roger L. Simon is an Academy Award-nominated screenwriter, novelist and blogger, and the CEO of Pajamas Media. His book, Blacklisting Myself: Memoir of a Hollywood Apostate in the Age of Terror, was released in February 2009.
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2 Comments
1. Ellen K:I wish I could believe this was an act of good will. Instead I think it’s a shuffling of the deck for the next hand of head’s up international war. Watch as Iran give the Taliban military support to take the Swat Valley and get Islamabad’s nuclear stash. And since the Pakistani government would rather sustain a fifty year old border war with India rather than fortify their own military arsenal, this bodes poorly for anything vaguely resembling peace, withdrawal or military reductions in the next four years. I wonder if Obama’s anti-war supporters will remember that come election time?
May 11, 2009 - 6:50 pm 2. liberal sword:I am glad that the iran gov released her,but I do not think it was an olive branch. Rather, I do not think that we know how much green was exchanged in the blackmail
May 12, 2009 - 12:58 pm