Posted on 07/07/2004 6:56:23 AM PDT by KriegerGeist
Iranian Intel Officers Captured in Iraq
By Bret Baier | FOX News | July 7, 2004
WASHINGTON — American and Iraqi joint patrols, along with teams, captured two men with explosives in Baghdad on Monday who identified themselves as Iranian intelligence officers, FOX News has confirmed.
Senior officials said it was previously believed that Iran had officers inside Iraq stirring up violence, but this is the first time that self-proclaimed Iranian intelligence agents have been captured within the country.
The Defense officials also confirmed to FOX News that in recent days there has been significant success in tracking down "known bad guys" based on information from local citizens. While those captured aren't from the list of former regime members or from terror leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi's network, they are "active" bombers and organizers of recent violence.
The arrest of the two Iranians suspected of attempting to carry out a vehicle bombing has focused new attention on how Tehran is trying to protect its interests in the country it fought for eight years in a devastating war.
So far, Iran is believed to have used money, not guns, to influence Iraq — particularly by spreading wealth among Shiite political factions — while avoiding a direct confrontation with its longtime rival the United States.
Monday's arrests came on the heels of comments by Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari saying some neighboring countries were financing and training terrorists in Iraq, apparently referring to Iran and Syria.
(Excerpt) Read more at foxnews.com ...
Ping! Good read.
Iran/Iraq War The Sequel coming up.
An Act of War! On to Tehran!
Sounds like an act of war to me. And we should have a betting pool as to where this runs in the NY Times. I'll take Page A14, below the fold, buried in an article about another subject in Iraq.
When captured, they said, "Allahu akhbar! Kerry in '04!"
This strategery is getting good. Can anyone imagine any democrat who would have the foresight to pull this operation off? Too many ego's.
I've been waiting 25 years for us to deliver a royal ass-kicking to Iran. The day can't come soon enough as far as I'm concerned.
They identified themselves as Iranian intelligence officers? Why would they do this?
I'd counsel against either course. Iraqis have no love for Iran. More incidents like this and you'll see the Iranian mullahs worried about sparking off a second Iraq/Iran war, with one side newly united under an actual reason to fight and the other side fractioned with dissent against a tolitarian government.
We didn't sweep though to Baghdad because Iraqis are cowards or ineffective fighters. We did so because they correctly determined that they had nothing to fight for. Iran may change that ....
Because we put women't pantyhose on their heads.
It's going to be a hot summer.
give them one to remember the hundred hostages they held for 600 days in support of khomeenie ayatollah.
Name it big boy2 or fat boy 2.
a nuke on tehran and a nuke on damascus would put an end to the terrorist organization decisively. without financing to buy weapons, they could go back to camel herding.
The bombing begins in five minutes...
Because the Iraqi forces "questioned" them. Their methods are not constrained.....
There it is......Iranian sappers...working under orders of their govt....this is an attack on a free Iraq by Iran...
Go get em....or let Israel take em out...regardless...Iran has to go...
imo
Is it easy to figure out if someone is Iranian based on their accent? Because they don't speak the same language as Iraqis: Iraqis speak Arabic, Iranians speak Farsi.
Its nice to see that FOX finally got around to putting the story into print. I first caught wind of it on the Hugh Hewitt show yesterday but couldn't really post anything lacking a source.
Ah, they are probably going to test negative for Iranian intelligence, and the Pentagon denial will shortly follow.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.