Downed Israeli navigator 'alive in Tehran'

[hang a left]

Israeli navigator Ron Arad, missing since his plane came down over Lebanaon in 1986, is alive and being held in a prison near Tehran, three exiled Iraninan officials have claimed.

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But Iran has consistently denied any connection to the missing Israeli navigator.

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"he was very thin, weighing about 60kg. He was in a wheelchair. He had quite a thin beard. His face was wrinkled, he was staring into space and had a sad look," said one of them, who reportedly saw Arad three years ago.

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"Before Ron Arad's transfer to Iran, it was decided to operate on his knees in order to paralyse the lower part of his legs, with the purpose of preventing him from having any possibility of attempting escape."

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http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/1AB16E81-64B9-4282-B739-BDFE1926DD3.htm

I think that the timing of this is very suspect.

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[LevChernyi]

1. they were just trying to say he was in Iraq

It's all horseshit, he's been dead for years.

[morebunk]

2. This is so transparent. Justification for invading Iran

I sure hope they US stays out of this. My son is in the service.

[ewagner]

3. Here we go again..

Another reason for invading the "evil doers"....

here's how it works........

demand release of prisoner. When Iran says they don't have him call them liars. Give ultimatum. Invade.

This crap is getting old.

[clar]

5. It sure is

trouble is it works every time.

[Flying_Pig]

4. Does all this sound familiar? These PNAC'ers use the same script

every time. Remember the U.S. airman that supposedly was being held captive in Iraq, the Bush/Cheney used as a device to whip up the masses against Iraq? Same shit, different day, different country.

:puke:

[UpInArms]

7. exactly

[Minstrel Boy]

6. I've lost count how many times a day

I see a headline and scream "Oh, for fuck's sake!"

Every goddamn day, it's like a lucid nightmare and I can't wake myself.

[Voltaire99]

8. Sympathies

I know how it is!

[Judi Lynn]

12. Thanks! Your post is refreshing!

You've helped someone feel a lot less isolated in this bleepstorm.

Maybe there are kazillions of us and it's simply a matter of time until we 're all connected. Doesn't hurt to dream.

[ieoeja]

9. While I doubt the story.

I am pleased to see Al Jazeera reporting something like this.

[Vitruvius]

10. Whoever made up this story got their anatomy wrong;

as any kid who's taken junior-high-school biology knows, the muscles that move the "lower part of the leg" are in the thighs -- above the knees. Cutting the nerves going thru the knees would not paralyze them.

Didn't the Bu$h*/PNACers ever dissect a frog?

[Drifter]

11. I wonder how the story will go ...

in 15 years when most people have forgotten that we are still holding 600+ prisoners of war in Gitmo.

Cheers
Drifter