{"id":4555,"date":"2023-07-05T01:22:35","date_gmt":"2023-07-05T06:22:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/?p=4555"},"modified":"2023-07-16T01:26:45","modified_gmt":"2023-07-16T06:26:45","slug":"4555","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/2023\/07\/05\/4555\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2023\/07\/05\/princeton-student-elizabeth-tsurkov-kidnapped-by-iran-backed-militia-group-in-iraq\">\u201cPrinceton University student kidnapped by Iran-backed militia group in Iraq \u2014 in March: officials,\u201d<\/a> New York Post, 7-5-23.\u00a0 Don\u2019t be fooled by the recent diplomacy\/normalization overtures by the Regime toward other countries.\u00a0 They keep on taking hostages, terrorism, drone production, ballistic missile production, support for terror groups, etc., etc.\u00a0 Iran refuses to act as a normal country.\u00a0 \u00a0Last observation&#8211;this Princeton student has just lost 2-3 years of her life.\u00a0 See also <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2023\/07\/05\/world\/middleeast\/iraq-iran-elizabeth-tsurkov.html\">\u201cIsraeli Woman Held for Months in Iraq by Shiite Militia Linked to Iran,\u201d<\/a> NYT, 7-5-23.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ndtv.com\/world-news\/saudi-arabia-and-kuwait-claim-rights-over-gas-field-eyed-by-iran-4179140\">\u201cSaudi Arabia And Kuwait Claim Rights Over Gas Field Eyed By Iran,\u201d<\/a> AFP, 7-5-23.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2023\/07\/05\/navy-iran-ship-seizure-00104739\">\u201cNavy stops Iran from seizing 2 commercial ships,\u201d<\/a> Politico, 7-5-23.\u00a0 \u201cIran has tried to seize vessels in the Gulf of Oman and has targeted 20 internationally flagged merchant vessels since 2021 according to public information from the U.S. Navy.\u201d\u00a0 Remember, this is a form of hostage taking.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cPrinceton University student kidnapped by Iran-backed militia group in Iraq \u2014 in March: officials,\u201d New York Post, 7-5-23.\u00a0 Don\u2019t be fooled by the recent diplomacy\/normalization overtures by the Regime toward other countries.\u00a0 They keep on taking hostages, terrorism, drone production, ballistic missile production, support for terror groups, etc., etc.\u00a0 Iran refuses to act as a &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/2023\/07\/05\/4555\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2819,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2532],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4555","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-update"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4555","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2819"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4555"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4555\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4558,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4555\/revisions\/4558"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4555"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4555"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4555"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}