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| HardTranceProd |
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/18528557/
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Israeli in Iran:
JERUSALEM - When Iranian agents boarded an airplane that made an emergency landing in Tehran, the only Israeli passenger on board feared the worst. Instead, he left with a gift of a wooden music box and an invitation to return when times are better.
Israeli scientist Benny Medvedev told Israeli media that he spent several harrowing hours in Tehran over the weekend after the Turkish Airlines flight from Istanbul to India made two emergency landings due to mechanical problems. Israel and Iran are staunch enemies and have no diplomatic relations.
When the crew informed the 123 passengers that the plane was landing the first time on Friday, the terrified Medvedev tried to persuade the pilot to let him stay in the cabin, he told the Yediot Ahronot newspaper.
The pilot refused, and the Israeli sat himself between British tourists with the hope he would not be discovered as the only Israeli on the airplane, he told Yediot. But when the Iranian security boarded the airplane, they walked directly to Medvedev.
'Terrified to death'
"For the first hour I was terrified to death," Medvedev told the daily. "Like everyone else I serve in a (Israeli reserve) combat unit ... I didn't want to get off the airplane but I didn't have a choice."
Medvedev feared that he would be taken away and never heard from again, he said. But the Iranian security men quickly allayed his fears.
"They told me, 'We know you are Israeli but you don't have anything to be worried about. We will help you with anything you need,'" Medvedev said.
Medvedev, a researcher at Israel's Institute for Earth Sciences, was allowed on his laptop to connect to the Internet and send an e-mail to his boss, he said.
Minister kept apprised
His superior immediately contacted Israel's Foreign Ministry, which considered the matter grave enough to inform Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni, Yediot reported. Livni was updated on Medvedev's situation throughout the day and Israel's consulate in Mumbai was also contacted, the daily said.
The passengers were forced to spend the night in the airport's international lounge, the Haaretz newspaper said. Even after the flight was resumed the next day, additional mechanical problems 40 minutes later forced it to return to Iran again, Medvedev told Yediot.
"The security people treated me very well," Medvedev told the Y-Net Web site. "I even received a gift of a wooden music box. They invited me to visit again and I invited them to visit Israel, when there will be peace."
Medvedev's story appeared on the front pages of most of the country's newspapers Sunday. Yediot published photos of him being greeted by Israeli diplomats in Mumbai, along with him wheeling a cart with the wooden box and a duty-free bag from the Tehran airport.
Iranian forces captured 15 British sailors and marines on March 23 as they boarded ships in the Persian Gulf to check for contraband goods. Iran charged them with being in its territorial waters but eventually freed the team.
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| Krypton |
Oh ok, Iran isn't so bad after all.
Their only the number sponsor of islamic terrorism. |
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| pkcRAISTLIN |
| hold the front page :rolleyes: |
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| hardcore trancer |
| Axis of evil alright!!! :o |
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| LazFX |
| I heard the the Son of Sam was an excellent tipper as well..........the SOB was still focked up :rolleyes: |
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| Q5echo |
if you don't see the irony in this you are:
A. Naive
B. Stupid
C. a hopeless apologist for the the government of Iran.
there can be no way around it if you don't. |
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| LazFX |
| quote: | Originally posted by Q5echo
if you don't see the irony in this you are:
A. Naive
B. Stupid
C. a hopeless apologist for the the government of Iran.
there can be no way around it if you don't. |
you are on a roll my Asian Brother.... |
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| shaolin_Z |
| quote: | Originally posted by LazFX
you are on a roll my Asian Brother.... |
LOL, he has proven himself to be a spineless ing idiot! |
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| LazFX |
| quote: | Originally posted by shaolin_Z
LOL, he has proven himself to be a spineless ing idiot! |
WHy is he an idiot, just cause he does not agree with you??
Cause you both have made points for each other's arguments...
grow up dude ;) |
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| George Smiley |
| quote: | Originally posted by Krypton
Oh ok, Iran isn't so bad after all.
Their only the number sponsor of islamic terrorism. |
You mean number one sponsor of Islamist terrorism? Well, they certainly sponsor Hizballah and are alledged to be involved in sponsoring the Shia terrorists in Iraq. They are also suspected of helping some of the Palestinian groups too. However, these are all localised groups that have a specific raisin d'etre and are not what we would class as "international terrorism". I might also suggest that Sunni Islamist terrorism (you make the mistake of lumping them all together as one), which is a much greater threat to the West than Shia Islamist terrorism, is the bigger group (ideologically speaking). And I think the majority of their funding comes from Saudi Arabia - which helps us understand perfectly why America choses Iran as the NO1 - because Iran ain't on side, whereas Saudi Arabia is a noble ally of America, and we can't diss our oil rich friends can we? |
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| XaNaX |
| It looks like Iran has reformed into a peace loving country. Why don't we all throw Iran a big party at the UN and give them the plans for a nuclear bomb as a gift for their decent treatment of this Israeli passenger. :rolleyes: |
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