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Kambiz Foroohar Bloomberg 3/30/2014 Iran has named a member of the militant group that held 52 Americans hostage in Tehran for 444 days to be its next ambassador to the United Nations. The Iranian government has applied for a U.S. visa for Hamid Aboutalebi, Iran’s former ambassador to Belgium and Italy, who was a member […] March 30th, 2014 | Tags: 1979 Islamic Revolution, Hamid Aboutalebi, Iranian hostage crisis, torture | Category: Iran, State Department, terrorism, United Nations | Comments are closed
‘Loud Groans’ Heard in Academy Awards Media Room When Michelle Obama Announced As Surprise PresenterDebra Heine Breitbart.com InstaBlog 25 Feb 2013 In response to Finke: Michelle at Oscars ‘unnecessary and inappropriate’: According to Clear Channel’s Steven Gregory on Twitter:
When Michelle Obama was introduced by Jack Nicholson most of the reporters in the media room groaned….loudly — stevengregory (@stevengregory) February 25, 2013 Obama fatigue – it’s not just […] February 25th, 2013 | Tags: "Argo", Academy Awards, Ben Affleck, donors, Harvey Weinstein, Iranian hostage crisis, Jack Nicholson, Stephanie Cutter | Category: Hollywood, Iran, Media, Michelle Obama, Military | Comments are closed
“It would have been nice if the story was told correctly because basically, if the Canadians weren’t there to help, who knows what would have happened to those Americans.”
Erica Ritz The Blaze 1/5/2013 This Jan. 27, 1981 photo shows John Sheardown in Ottawa, Ontario. (Photo: AP) John Sheardown, a […] January 5th, 2013 | Tags: "Argo", 1979 Islamic Revolution, American Embassy, Ben Affleck, Iranian hostage crisis, John Vernon Sheardown, obituary, Tehran | Category: Canada, Iran, Islam, terrorism | Comments are closed
Luis Gonzalez Babalú Blog 11/4/2012 Click here for a larger view of the map. And to understand what this is all about you’ll have to read the article at Babalú Blog! Update: Former Iranian Hostage: Obama Showing Same Ambivalent Foreign Policy as Jimmy Carter (Video) […] November 4th, 2012 | Tags: 1980, Don Cooke, Iranian hostage crisis, Mitt Romney, President Jimmy Carter, Ronald Reagan | Category: Barack Obama, Elections, Foreign Policy, History, Iran, Politics, Polls | Comments are closed
Joel B. Pollak Big Peace 2/20/2012 In the midst of Egypt’s supposed transition to democracy, nineteen Americans will face trial for promoting democracy. They are being prevented from leaving Egypt, and 14 of them are described by Egyptian authorities as “fugitives.” A more accurate term would be “hostages,” and though the U.S. government is warning […] February 26th, 2012 | Tags: Egypt, Hosni Mubarak, hostage crisis, Iranian hostage crisis, Muslim Brotherhood, President Jimmy Carter, Sam LaHood, Sen. John McCain, Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood | Category: Barack Obama, Islam, Israel, Middle East, United States | Comments are closed
11 February 2011 Protesters in Tehran, 1979 On this day in 1979, the Ayatollah Khomeini returned to Tehran to a greeting by several million Iranians after the Shah of Iran left for exile in mid-January 1979. Via Wikipedia: The revolution was populist, nationalist and later Shi’a Islamic. It was in part a conservative […] February 11th, 2011 | Tags: Ayatollah Khomeini, Iranian hostage crisis, Islamic socialists, President Jimmy Carter, President Ronald Reagan, Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, Shi'a, Tehran, theocracy, Zbigniew Brzezinski | Category: History, Iran, Islam, Marxism, Middle East, Socialism, United States | Comments are closed
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