Originally posted by Tom Thumb:
My guess is that the terrorists will take American hostages as a way of bargaining. That happened in the 1980's. This story says there are still American Citizens in Lebanon and the US embassy:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/13853565/


Apparently Iranian-Americans with dual citizenship are now at risk of being held in Iran if they return there for any reason. A friend's co-worker went back to Iran last year for a family function. No problem returning. He just went back again a few weeks ago, and the Iranian government is now telling him that he has to fulfill his military conscription "obligation" before he can return to the States. My friend's company has been talking to the Iranian ex-pat community, and apparently this is now common.

This and the rest of Iran's recent actions are making it pretty clear that they are trying their hardest to get the whole Islam vs. everyone else final showdown rolling IMO.

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