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| 2 VEVAK agents busted in Iraq |
| 2004-07-07 |
| American and Iraqi joint patrols, along with U.S. Special Operations teams, captured two men with explosives in Baghdad on Monday who identified themselves as Iranian intelligence officers, FOX News has confirmed. Senior officials said it was previously believed that Iran had officers inside Iraq stirring up violence, but this is the first time that self-proclaimed Iranian intelligence agents have been captured within the country. The Defense officials also confirmed to FOX News that in recent days there has been significant success in tracking down "known bad guys" based on information from local citizens. While those captured aren’t from the list of former regime members or from terror leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi’s network, they are "active" bombers and organizers of recent violence. The arrest of the two Iranians suspected of attempting to carry out a vehicle bombing has focused new attention on how Tehran is trying to protect its interests in the country it fought for eight years in a devastating war. So far, Iran is believed to have used money, not guns, to influence Iraq — particularly by spreading wealth among Shiite political factions — while avoiding a direct confrontation with its longtime rival the United States. |
| Posted by:Dan Darling |
| #10 Lets take that one step further,Verlaine.Corordinate with the DIA/CIA,next time some of these guys are captured transport them in total secrecy to N.York and frog march them right down the central isle of the U.N. General assembly.Give the U.N. no advanced warning at all,talk about"Shock and Awe". |
| Posted by: Raptor 2004-07-07 5:43:24 PM |
| #9 Verlaine they "authorites" would just claim. "They are joos! It's a Zionist plot! We know nothing of this. It is a jooish plot to defame the prophet and Iran!" Al Jackarama will make a 2 hr program out of it. |
| Posted by: FlameBait93268 2004-07-07 5:04:25 PM |
| #8 Wonder if the Iraqis might make some wonderful mischief by bringing this matter (the whole foreign intervention issue) to the UNSC? Emergency session. Cuban Missile Crisis-style evidence on the table. Demand for sanctions against Syria/Iran unless they take steps to halt cross-border sabotage activity. Of course no short-term real-world change would result, but it would be a terrific way to put the bad guys on the defensive, and put the matter out in the open, front-page. If the UN's sitting there in all its mostly pernicious and useless glory, let's use the f***er to apply diplomatic baseball bats to our enemies' craniums. |
| Posted by: Verlaine 2004-07-07 2:18:21 PM |
| #7 What, no "L" pills? Money's tight, I suppose... |
| Posted by: mojo 2004-07-07 2:16:43 PM |
| #6 How about making a broadcast video parading them around with blindfolds on and making them publicly admit their guilt and associations? The resulting collective shrieking from the usual NGOs and other groups would probably be quite revealing. (not that we didn't already know what the deal is with them, but....) |
| Posted by: Bomb-a-rama 2004-07-07 2:05:51 PM |
| #5 Strip them naked, bath them in olive oil and turn them loose in a central location of the Saudi lost quarter. Have a notary public certify the oders so that we can prove that we didn't order their execution. |
| Posted by: Super Hose 2004-07-07 11:12:39 AM |
| #4 Hmmmm..... Vevaks busted by Hoovers. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2004-07-07 10:53:08 AM |
| #3 Saddam would have shredded the evidence. I guess clocks really are right twice a day. |
| Posted by: Brutus 2004-07-07 10:41:45 AM |
| #2 2 in the hat, put 'em in garbage bags, mail 'em home. |
| Posted by: tu3031 2004-07-07 10:22:30 AM |
| #1 while avoiding a direct confrontation with its longtime rival the United States. not for long, I bet |
| Posted by: Frank G 2004-07-07 10:10:04 AM |