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| Captured soldiers 'handed to Iran' |
| 2007-10-14 |
| TWO Israeli soldiers captured by Lebanon's Shiite movement Hezbollah in 2006 have been handed to Iran and could be freed in a German-brokered swap, an Arabic newspaper reported. Asharq Al-Awsat quoted a source identified as a high-ranking official in the office of Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei as saying they had been transferred by the elite Iranian Revolutionary Guards. “The operation to transfer the two Israeli soldiers to (a country) outside Lebanon and then to Iran was executed by a special unit belonging to the Al-Quds Legion,” the source said, according to London-based Saudi-owned paper. The two soldiers were captured by the Iranian-backed Hezbollah in July last year, triggering Israel's large-scale offensive against the group in Lebanon during a 34-day war. The source said the operation was led by a general he identified as Al-Quds chief Qassem Sulaimani, who he claimed was based in Lebanon with other high-ranking Guards officers during the Lebanon war. He did not specify when the soldiers - Ehud Goldwasser, 31, and Eldad Regev, 26 - were taken from Lebanon, nor name the transit country. Lebanon has land borders only with Israel and with Syria, Iran's main regional ally. |
| Posted by:tipper |
| #2 More Info.. Link: Israel: Goldwasser, Regev not in Iran |
| Posted by: Linker 2007-10-14 19:10 |
| #1 Perish the thought that anyone might pointedly note how Iran is—once again—complicit in the ransoming of non-Muslim hostages. Anyone who believes that Iran won't be seeking a ransom—especially for dreaded Jews—should feel free to bid on this bridge I have for sale. |
| Posted by: Zenster 2007-10-14 13:27 |