Well look what the cat dragged in

[lord of the mark]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070124/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq_khalilzad

[lord of the mark]

Im sorry was that to cryptic?


"U.S. envoy: Guard Quds director detained By STEVEN R. HURST, Associated Press Writer
Wed Jan 24, 4:42 PM ET

BAGHDAD, Iraq - The U.S. ambassador said Wednesday that one of the Iranians detained by U.S. forces in Iraq during two raids over the past month was the director of operations for Iran's Revolutionary Guard Quds faction, the organization responsible for funding and arming Iraqi militants.

Zalmay Khalilzad said the recent raids were part of a "new strategy" to "go after their networks that are active here."

The United States is building up its troops in the region, beyond the additional 21,500 on their way to Iraq for a new security crackdown, in what U.S. officials say is a message to Iran. Khalilzad sought to reinforce Washington's message that Tehran should keep its hands off Iraq, where it has enormous influence with the majority Shiite population.

Iran is ruled by a Shiite theocracy, which has confounded U.S. foreign policy for more than a quarter-century since the U.S.-allied shah was driven from power in the Islamic revolution.

At least eight Iranians have been detained in Iraq recently, including two diplomats in a Dec. 21 roundup of a group of 10 suspects. The diplomats were interrogated and released to Iranian officials eight days later.

Six others were captured Jan. 11 at an Iranian liaison office in the northern city of Irbil. One was released and five are still believed in U.S. custody.

"Some of those we've arrested are Quds Force operatives. One of them was director of operations for the Quds Force" who was in the country without the knowledge of Iraqi security officials, he said.

[Arrian]

Is Iran disowning these people, or demanding their release, or what?

-Arrian

[Zkribbler]

Originally posted by lord of the mark
"Some of those we've arrested are Quds Force operatives. One of them was director of operations for the Quds Force" who was in the country without the knowledge of Iraqi security officials, he said.

Just a thought:

These guys aren't in uniform. Doesn't that make them spies? What happens to spies in wartime?

[Drake Tungsten]

These guys aren't in uniform. Doesn't that make them spies? What happens to spies in wartime?

Nothing anymore. You can't even lock them up in Gitmo without people *****ing about it...

[Jon Miller]

When is it not war time?

jm

[Blaupanzer]

Good point, Jon.

[Barnabas]

Re: Well look what the cat dragged in

Originally posted by lord of the mark
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070124/...iraq_khalilzad

Because of the thread title, and the word iraq in the link, my first thought was that some cat brought a decapitated head he found somewhere to the house of his owner

[Ogie Oglethorpe]

Originally posted by Drake Tungsten

These guys aren't in uniform. Doesn't that make them spies? What happens to spies in wartime?

Nothing anymore. You can't even lock them up in Gitmo without people *****ing about it...

Heck apparently you can't even attempt to listen to their phone calls.

[Wezil]

Do you have a credible source for the story?

[Ogie Oglethorpe]

Wezil

[Drogue]

Originally posted by Zkribbler
These guys aren't in uniform. Doesn't that make them spies? What happens to spies in wartime?

First you'd have to have something deemed as war. Perhaps a declaration or somesuch

[Ramo]

Interesting. Irbil's smack dab in Kurdistan (as were the guys we took from the Iranian embassy recently). Looks like the Peshmerga might have some connections with the Revolution Guard...

[Ramo]

Nevermind, misread the article. I wonder where he was found...