14 Iranians held in Iraq: US military

[sabra]

Source: AFP

BAGHDAD - The US military in Iraq has 14 Iranians in its custody, American military officials told AFP on Monday, an increase in the previously released number.

‘We currently have 14 Iranian detainees in coalition custody,’ said Major Brad Leighton, spokesman for the US military in Iraq.

He added: ‘The dates and times of their individual capture are not immediately available.’

The Iranians are ‘being held as imperative threats to security in accordance with United Nations Security resolution,’ the US Central Command said in a separate statement from its headquarters in Tampa, Florida.



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[Tempest]

1. Diplomats, I bet

I expect a report that the Iraqi government invited them and wants them released.

[LynnTheDem]

2. Would that include supreme cleric Al Sistani?

Who has lived in Iraq for 30+ years.

And happens to be Iranian.

My little town in Texas has more Iranians than the US has "captured" in Iraq.

Let's have America invaded & occupied and see how many "Iranians" and "Canadians" and other such "foreign fighters" could be rounded up.

Only rightwingnuts could possibly be dumb enough to yet again swallow this bUsh Cabal bullshit. :eyes:

[Ghost Dog]

3. Now which United Nations Security resolution would that be?