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Re:Iranian Officials Asking Venezuela for Asylum in Case of ... by Alir3z4 on Friday December 09, 2022 @01:09PM (#33924497)
I find it hard to believe that in an era of smartphones and all these gadgets, there's no picture, video or any other type of evidence except "unnamed sources".
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Re:Iranian Officials Asking Venezuela for Asylum in Case of ... by mcv on Friday December 09, 2022 @01:13PM (#33924546)
As adamsmith143 pointed out, if that evidence exists, it's probably better to keep it out of sight of Iranian authorities. If that means you don't believe it, then that's what it is. Exposing sources is a bad idea.
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Re:Iranian Officials Asking Venezuela for Asylum in Case of ... by adamsmith143 on Friday December 09, 2022 @01:43PM (#33924962)
Of course the evidence exists lol but you don't burn your sources if you ever want another hot tip and certainly not when it likely means a horrible death for them if you do.
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Re:Iranian Officials Asking Venezuela for Asylum in Case of ... by Alir3z4 on Friday December 09, 2022 @03:02PM (#33925845)
I like how you're confident the evidence exists by seeing 0 evidence.

Sure. Apparently I should also believe Iran has WMD and NATO should attack it. It's coming from a unnamed sources.

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Re:Iranian Officials Asking Venezuela for Asylum in Case of ... by adamsmith143 on Friday December 09, 2022 @06:18PM (#33927792)
Journalists != CIA/DOD for the majority of cases so this isn't really the own you think it is.
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