Who Asks Such Questions? The Plot Thickens

THE PLOT THICKENS: US hikers' moms hopeful as scientist goes to Iran

UPPERDATE:  Spin, spin, spin.

UPDATE FOR REAL: What they want

And a zinger from Caroline Glick.

SPECULATIVE UPDATE: Did Iran puts its foot in its own mouth?

""We got useful information from him, and the Iranians got Amiri. Ask yourself who got the better deal," the (US) official said on condition of anonymity."

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"Iran had accused the CIA of kidnapping Amiri, who disappeared last year during a pilgrimage to Mecca."

Hmmmmm. They should be welcoming him back with open arms, then. Place your bets, ladies and gentlemen. Will Amiri be given a hero's welcome or will he mysteriously disappear into thin air?

Question: What role did the Saudi's play in his original apprehension? After all, he was on his way or already in Mecca when he "disappeared" the first time.

Sounds like a perfect sting operation to me.

Time for MAD Magazine to dust off its old Spy versus Spy cartoons and bring them up to date. Wait a few minutes and we'll see Mossad taking the rap.
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Who wins propaganda war over Iran scientists?

"There are two diametrically opposed versions of the story. Iran says Shahram Amiri was kidnapped. American sources said that he defected and was giving them high-grade information on the Iranian nuclear programme.

On the face of it, the Iranian version now sounds a lot more credible, as Shahram Amiri has made his way to the Iranian diplomatic mission in Washington, apparently of his own accord.

However the United States continues to insist that Mr Amiri came to them freely, and has now left them freely.

And despite all the American actions over recent years, including the use of extraordinary rendition, and the existence of Guantanamo Bay, the seizure of a foreign scientist would surely be something of a different order."

Here's another question. Which is worse? The BBC or the state run Iranian Press TV? Shades of Pravda and Saddam Hussein.

I'm curious to know more about the roll played by Pakistan. Note in the Press TV account Amiri was "...handed over ..... to Iran's interests section at Pakistan's Embassy in Washington." Does Pakistan have someone or something of interest to the US in trade? Relations between those two countries have warmed recently. Would the BBC deign to explore such possibilities?