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| Iranian officer 'seized in Iraq' |
| 2007-09-20 |
| Looks like the Iranians want to move their terror bombings northward. Punish the Kurds.US-led forces in Iraq say they have arrested an Iranian officer operating in the north of the country. They say the man was a member of the Quds Force - an elite unit of Iran's Revolutionary Guards - and was detained in the Kurdish city of Sulaimaniya. "This individual has been involved in transporting improvised explosive devices," the American military said. The US has accused the Quds Force of helping arm Shia militias in Iraq. Iran denies any involvement with militants. A statement by the US military said the arrested man had been involved in the "infiltration and training of foreign terrorists in Iraq". According to a spokesman for the regional government in semi-autonomous Kurdistan, he was taken away overnight in a raid on a Sulaimaniya hotel. A government official in Baghdad said the arrested man had been part of a commercial delegation, but gave no further details. |
| Posted by:Chuck Simmins |
| #12 Return him to Iran in pieces. Very small pieces. |
| Posted by: Old Patriot 2007-09-20 15:35 |
| #11 in the Third World, an "elite" army is fed |
| Posted by: Frank G on the road 2007-09-20 13:47 |
| #10 keeping or returning him later doesn't matter so much Why throw trained personnel back into Iran's talent pool? |
| Posted by: Zenster 2007-09-20 13:09 |
| #9 Shoot him later, milk him dry of info first. |
| Posted by: Redneck Jim 2007-09-20 13:07 |
| #8 mmmm. I think I'll take the US Military's seized over the Saud's surrounded. Pretty much any day, and twice on Sunday, actually. |
| Posted by: Free Radical 2007-09-20 12:59 |
| #7 They really need to bring back war protocol on spies. If they are a member of the nation's military, and they aren't in uniform, they get shot. |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2007-09-20 12:56 |
| #6 When the media refers to to a Middle Eastern army unit as "elite", I don't worry much about it. See: Iraqi Republican Guard, Elite... The press gets confused over the First World and Third World definitions of "elite". In the First World, an "elite" unit is highly trained and highly motivated. In the Third World, an "elite" unit is loyal. |
| Posted by: Rob Crawford 2007-09-20 12:15 |
| #5 Well, doesn't really matter what Iran claims, they're not owning up to the guy. Put him against a wall, since he's not an Iranian officer according to Iran, then he's just a terrorist and they've got nothing to complain about. |
| Posted by: Silentbrick 2007-09-20 11:33 |
| #4 If he's so "elite" how come he got captured? When the media refers to to a Middle Eastern army unit as "elite", I don't worry much about it. See: Iraqi Republican Guard, Elite... |
| Posted by: tu3031 2007-09-20 11:30 |
| #3 As long as the gentleman in question had a cell phone and/or a computer, and is susceptible to a lack of tryptophanes in his diet, keeping or returning him later doesn't matter so much, I'd think. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2007-09-20 11:16 |
| #2 Maybe he can get to tour Ground Zero? |
| Posted by: Bobby 2007-09-20 11:04 |
| #1 It's really too bad how the current definition of "seized" bears such a striking resemblance to the Saudi term "surrounded". |
| Posted by: Zenster 2007-09-20 10:25 |