After Kidnapping the Iranians in Arbil the US Commandos Took Down The Iranian Flag

[leftchick]

Good god this is just stunning in its provocation. The US is saying they are not Diplomats and the Iranians, Kurds, Iraqis and now the Russians are pissed.

WTF are they thinking? It is time for the Military to say no! I am getting very scared.....

:scared:

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070112/wl_afp/iraniraqusraid_070112180127

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"The individuals who were detained were not carrying diplomatic passports, they had regular passports," spokesman Sean McCormack told reporters.

"This was not an officially accredited diplomatic facility. It was a building that the Iranians were using, occupying, it was Iraqi territory," he said.

Describing the operation, Kurdish witnesses said US soldiers surrounded the building, just 100 meters (yards) from the Kurdistan administration in downtown Arbil, dropped off by helicopters and two Humvee military vehicles.

The commandos threw stun grenades in a show of force.

There were no clashes with security guards but US grenades shattered windows of the two-storey building as troops ordered all those inside to surrender before lowering the Iranian flag and abandoning the premises.

Fuad Hussein, a senior official in the Kurdish presidency, said the regional government, one of the staunchest US allies in the Middle East, had not been given advance warning about the arrest operation.

[geardaddy]

1. What the...

Fuck is Idiot Child of the Rich trying to do to us?

on edit: This isn't a game of Axis and Allies or Risk. We're talking about world stability here. And if * is trying to bring on the End Times for your insane base, he's as dumb as he looks.

[leftchick]

2. get a lot of US soldiers killed

I really think it is time for some generals to say he is bat shit crazy for doing this.

[leveymg]

5. He's stalling for time and trying to pressure the Kurds and Shia to sign away their oil

The long-delayed hydrocarbon law still hasn't been signed. This is Bush's last change to get the Kurds, Shia and Sunnis to ink the concessions agreement that would give the oil multinationals 75-year leases at preferred terms.

This has something to do with that.

[Lone_Star_Dem]

3. Flexing their muscle in an attempt to get the Iranians to react

I'm reminded of when I sat on a jury once of a man accused of assault. His defense was the alleged victim provoked him for weeks with words and actions until he felt he was threatened to a point he had to react.

[leveymg]

6. It's also a provocation. eom

[madrchsod]

4. who authorized the mission?

that is the question that everybody should be asking. someone made a big mistake on this raid. hmmm i wonder who makes big mistakes?

[leftchick]

7. cheney

would be my best guess.

[malaise]

9. I say Negroponte n/t

[scarletwoman]

8. This raid was no "mistake", it's part of a deliberate plan to go to war against Iran.

Who authorized it, you ask? Dear Leader and his war partners, of course.

sw

[bigtree]

10. idiocy

reckless and baffling in its stupidity

[leftchick]

12. that is what is getting to me about this

The Military is actually escalating the war into Iran for the chimp. They must know how many US soldiers will be killed in the ensuing bloodshed? The US Military can not afford to do this. I would think it is time for a rebellion from them.

[bigtree]

13. he's cleared many of the dissenters from the leadership

the ones left apparently share his reckless disregard for the lives of the soldiers under their charge. I'm not one who believes generals and commanders should get the same benefit of doubt as the men under their command. They aren't above acting politically in the prosecution of their mission.

[AlienGirl]

11. "If this is a consular ship, where is the ambassador?"

The statement that this was not an "accredited diplomatic facility" reminded me a little too much of this... :scared:

Tucker