Iranian Consulate question?

[OwnedByFerrets]

Can someone please tell me why this isnt the biggest most important news of the year and why its not the ONLY thing being discussed on the airwaves. Isnt this clearly and completely ILLEGAL? What am I missing? Thanks.

[ramblin_dave]

1. U.S. official claims the story is false

http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/01/11/iraq.main/index.html

U.S. forces detained six Iranian officials for questioning in the northern Iraqi city of Irbil, seat of the Kurdish regional government, an American official said Thursday.

But the official disputes accounts from Iran that the troops broke open a consulate gate and conducted a raid.

"No shots were fired. No altercation ensued," the U.S. official. "It was a knock on the door and 'Please come out.' "

Iran's government-run Islamic Republic News Agency reported five people were detained and said U.S. forces disarmed guards, broke open the consulate gate and confiscated computers and documents.

The U.S. official asserted the Iranians were not inside an officially designated diplomatic consulate or embassylike building.

[Botany]

2. call your seantors & congressperson

this was an act of war done by bush as he was giving his "speech" last night.

He was fully aware of what was going on.

Impeach his ass now.

[TheWraith]

3. Because it's not nearly as important as some here would make it sound.

This is hardly the first time that an Iranian consulate in Iraq has been raided. It's barely even news. Yes, it may be illegal, but that's hardly a distinguishing feature these days. And contrary to the spin that some people would put on it, it's not an act of war or the prelude to an attack on Iran.