Auzzie TV Journo banned from power plant

[Minardiau]

http://www.news.com.au/story/0,10221,19274156-10431,00.html

Any thoughts?

[TheStorm]

I think it's silly. She may have been born in Iran, but she's an Aussie first (I hope...) and they're OK.

But I guess rules are rules.

[Chewy Jada]

photos of her cleavage put me into nuclear meltdown
http://www.geocities.com/cbdownundera/leilamckinnon_180505_003.jpg

[kraf001]

http://www.news.com.au/story/0,10221,19274156-10431,00.html

Any thoughts?
She must be used to it.. any Iranian who leaves Iran is used to it by now!! the "terrorist by default" treatment only hurts the first 10 times and it is pretty passive because Iranians easily settle in the new environment and usually don't live any different from Westerns.. sure we get full body search in the airports but once we are in the country things get a lot better...

[Javehn]

I think it's silly. She may have been born in Iran, but she's an Aussie first (I hope...) and they're OK.

But I guess rules are rules.

Israeli former chief of staff (IDF chief of staff !!!) wasn't allowed to enter USA ... Because he was born in Iran .

Now if that isn't redicolous , I don't know what else ...

[TheMacedonian]

So I guess Christine an Iranian was born in London and she is OK!!!

......... oh I foooorgot she is married to James Rubin .....

Christiane Amanpour (born January 12 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/January_12), 1958 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1958)) (in Persian (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persian_language): کریستین امان*پور) is chief international correspondent for CNN (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CNN). Based out of CNN's London bureau, Amanpour is one of the most recognized international correspondents on American television. Her willingness to work in dangerous conflict zones has reportedly made her one of the more highly (if not the highest) paid field reporters in the world. She speaks English (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_language), Persian (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persian_language), and French (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_language) fluently. Forbes magazine has named her one of The 100 Most Powerful Women (http://www.forbes.com/lists/2005/11/BTWN.html).
Shortly after her birth in London (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London), her father, an Iranian (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran) airline executive, moved the family to Tehran (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tehran), where the Amanpours led a privileged life. At age 11, she returned to England to attend first the Holy Cross Convent School in Buckinghamshire, England (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buckinghamshire%2C_England), and then the New Hall School (http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=New_Hall_School&action=edit), an exclusive Roman Catholic (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Catholic) girls' school. Her family had to flee Iran after the Islamic Revolution (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iranian_Revolution) of 1979 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1979). Christiane moved to the United States (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States) to study journalism at the University of Rhode Island (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Rhode_Island). After graduation, she worked for NBC (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NBC) affiliate WJAR (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WJAR) in Providence (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Providence%2C_Rhode_Island), Rhode Island (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhode_Island).