When I heard that American "hiker" Sarah Shourd had been released by Iranian authorities after 14 months of captivity, my first reaction was a feeling of empathy and relief for her friends and family. But I also wanted some answers.
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Georgie Anne Geyer seems to have felt the same way:
"Just exactly what did you three modern Marco Polos think you were doing, supposedly hiking in the rugged mountains of Kurdish northern Iraq near -- or over -- the border to Iran? Did you know where you were? Did you care? Did you know there was a war on?"
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