Iran Protests Capture Of Revolutionary Guard Officer
Baghdad, Sept 21, (VOI)- The Iranian embassy in Baghdad sent a letter to Iraqi foreign ministry strongly protesting the arrest of an Iranian trade delegation member by the U.S. forces in Sulaimaniya in northern Iraq.
“This is an aggressive act against the international conventions, aiming at harming relations with Iraqi government and it is a blatant violation of the responsibilities of the occupying forces regarding the relations of the Iraqi government with its neighbors,” Iranian news agency IRNA quoted the Spokesman of Iranian foreign ministry Mohammad-Ali Hosseini as saying in Tehran on Thursday.
He stressed that such a brazen act is indicative of the continued disturbing policy of the U.S. to meddle in the affairs of the Iraqi government and in the region.
No word was available from the Iraqi government on the incident, while the Kurdistan’s presidency called for releasing the Iranian detainee.
The U.S. army said in a statement on Thursday that U.S. forces in Iraq arrested “a suspected member of an Iranian elite unit that has been accused of training and equipping insurgents in Iraq.”
“The suspect, who was not identified, is a member of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps - Quds Force,” the army said in the statement.
The U.S. military calls the force “a covert action arm of the Iranian government responsible for aiding lethal attacks against the Iraqi government and coalition forces.”
The military noted the Quds Force suspect was involved in bringing roadside bombs from Iran into Iraq and in training foreign militants in Iraq.
The man, captured in the Iraqi Kurdish city of Sulaimaniya, is one of several Iranians held at U.S. custody in Iraq.
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WHAT DID I SAY WHEN THIS WAS FIRST POSTED?!?! I KNEW THE BASTARDS WOULD DO THIS.
September 21st, 2007 at 8:30 amCan we bomb these fuckers yet ?
September 21st, 2007 at 8:36 amGot ants? The big red ones….
September 21st, 2007 at 8:45 amLOCK & LOAD!
PLEASE DON’T BACK AWAY FROM THIS CHALLENGE!
September 21st, 2007 at 8:55 am“Iranian trade delegation member”
LOLOL…I thought that he was a coach for the local Boy Scout baseball team.
September 21st, 2007 at 9:08 amIraq needs to publicly state that any foreigners from neighboring countries that are caught without specific government permission to be in iraq are going to go without a trial to a quick drop and a sudden stop.
Return postage not included.
September 21st, 2007 at 9:25 amQuds Force !! Martyrs Brigade !!
September 21st, 2007 at 10:02 amWho gives a shit !!!
Scramble the bombers & Lets Get it ON !!
Stop Pussyfootin around & lets get these bastards
To save Iranian whining just make sure the next Qud simply mysteriously dissapears.
September 21st, 2007 at 10:51 amOh, and if Iran thinks this is an “agressive act” then bring it on - we’re becoming impatient with you fuck-ups of the world.
Alright, we have one of them in our grasp. Now squeeze…..
September 21st, 2007 at 11:10 amGive us back our missing US citizens first. We’ll return your guys in the same condition.
September 21st, 2007 at 4:30 pmYeah, go have a summit with Columbia U over it
September 21st, 2007 at 8:43 pm