A breathless barbara starr on CNN gave this "exclusive report" from the pentagon yesterday about the capture of these two Iranians who gave IED technology to insurgents (aren't most of them Sunni?)Check out where they are getting this piece of "intelligence". It sure looks like the pentagon has abother OSP unit making shit up about Iran. Now it appears the US has let these "high profile" detainees go.
From the WaPo yesterday.....
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Two Iranians detained by U.S. forces in Iraq were senior members of Iran's elite Revolutionary Guards and had coordinated attacks against coalition troops and Iraqi civilians, the head of an Iranian opposition group said Thursday.
The White House said earlier this week that U.S. troops had caught a group of Iranians in a raid on suspected insurgents in Iraq. Two of the men had diplomatic immunity and were released them to Iran, but the other two were kept in custody.
Maryam Rajavi, who heads the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NICR), an anti-regime umbrella group based in Paris, said the two men being held were senior members of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards' Qods force and were responsible for sectarian attacks in Iraq.
She cited the group's intelligence officials as the source of the information.
It was not possible to independently verify Rajavi's claim, but the group has provided relatively accurate information on developments in Iran over the past several years, including details on the country's secretive nuclear program.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/12/28/AR2006122800897.htmlWho is Maryam Rajavi you might wonder? Check out her connections to the PNACers and AEI neocons....
http://www.cooperativeresearch.org/timeline.jsp?timeline=us_plans_to_use_military_force_against_iran&key_eventsDec. 29, 2006, 4:07AM
Report: U.S. frees 2 Iranian detainees
TEHRAN, Iran — Two Iranians detained by U.S. troops in Iraq were released early Friday, Iranian state-run television reported.
The U.S. military had no immediate comment. There was also no immediate reponse from the U.S. Embassy.
Iranian state TV referred to the Iranians as diplomats and said the release happened Friday but provided no other details.
The White House said earlier this week that U.S. troops had caught a group of Iranians in a raid on suspected insurgents in Iraq. Two of the men had diplomatic immunity and were released to Iran, but the other two were kept in custody.
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ap/world/4432439.htmlIt sure looks like the neo-cons are desperately STILL trying to manufacture a case for attacking Iran.