Check out Sarah Shourd in this video. She's such a prim and proper poppet, a younger version of Julie Andrews. In the full version of this video, she mentions support she's had from various "peace activists", among them Noam Chomsky, Muhammad Ali and Yusuf Ali. Goodness me! Apart from the boxer, who might be excused for being punch drunk, the other two are arch-haters of the west. Chomsky has never met an anti-American sentiment that he didn't embrace, the latest one his suggestion, in the wake of the killing of Osama bin Laden, that Al-Qaeda would now be justified in killing W. Bush. Yusuf Ali, ex Cat Stevens, is infamous for calling for the hanging of Salman Rushdie, for his publication of a book. Some "peace activists". Yet for the likes of Ms Shourd, anyone who wants the destruction of Israel, is a "peace activist" up to and including the monsters in Tehran, for whom she has kind words.
From the BBC site:
Sarah Shourd was arrested when hiking with two other Americans on Iraq's border with Iran in 2009.
After 14 months in Tehran's notorious Evin prison she was released. But her fiancée and their friend are still there nearly two years on. They've had barely any contact with the outside world and although they were promised a trial, it still hasn't happened.
Sarah Montague spoke to her about her ordeal.
From the BBC site:
Sarah Shourd was arrested when hiking with two other Americans on Iraq's border with Iran in 2009.
After 14 months in Tehran's notorious Evin prison she was released. But her fiancée and their friend are still there nearly two years on. They've had barely any contact with the outside world and although they were promised a trial, it still hasn't happened.
Sarah Montague spoke to her about her ordeal.
