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Thursday, April 5, 2007 12:00 AM

How Iran played the hostage "crisis"

The captured British sailors ate decent meals and were set free in business suits -- as Tehran used them to score political points on the Arab street.
By Hooman Majd

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  • Wednesday, April 4, 2007 08:12 PM

    Manipulation

    Quite clearly this was a setup by Iran, I was thinking this myself as I watched them eat their healthy meals--not subtle exactly. Very sad that the Americans made it such an easy setup-- not exactly difficult to make a contrast with naked human pyramids, attack dogs and forced mimicking of sexual acts.

    —PopASmurf Read PopASmurf's other letters

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