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Socal31

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1. Poor guy defected without getting his family out.

Reply to uawchild (Original post)

Sun Aug 7, 2016, 04:46 PM

Aug 2016

$5mm doesn't seem so great when the IRG is threatening to torture your loved ones.

It reminds me of the scene at the end of Man on Fire. Denzel knew he traded his life for that of someone he loved. This guy had to do the same thing by going back.

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Iran executes nuclear scientist for spying for U.S. [View all] uawchild Aug 2016 OP

Poor guy defected without getting his family out. Socal31 Aug 2016 #1

My guess would be that he was executed for not spying on behalf of Iran. no_hypocrisy Aug 2016 #2

Horrible and very upsetting patsimp Aug 2016 #3