[ElkGroveDan]

BBC: Iranians 'up to no good' in Iraq

[clearlight]

We could have held the Iranians hostage for a year, but civilized nations don't do that sort of thing.

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

Iran protests US arrests in Iraq
Monday, 25 December 2006, 22:09 GMT

[OCCASparky]

Hmmmm...put this in the early running for the biggest "NO SH*T" statement of 2007.

[Gritty]

[hosepipe]

Iranians(whatever they have been called) have been up to no good for several thousand years..

Even (according to the Bible) when God "whistled" for Darius, Cyrus, and Nebucanezar to take the Jews into captivity.. because of their(Jews) penchant to worship pagan Gods..

[jeltz25]

The BBC:
"There were five senior officers in various Iranian intelligence organisations... it was a very significant meeting... these people have been collared, relatively speaking, up to no good," an unnamed British official told the programme.

Officials told Newsnight the arrests produced highly important intelligence, but no "smoking gun" about weapons supplies or attacks on coalition forces.

They said that the arrested men were in Iraq to hold high-level meeting with representatives of several Iraqi Shia factions.


The NY Sun:
An American intelligence official said the new material, which has been authenticated within the intelligence community, confirms "that Iran is working closely with both the Shiite militias and Sunni Jihadist groups." The source was careful to stress that the Iranian plans do not extend to cooperation with Baathist groups fighting the government in Baghdad, and said the documents rather show how the Quds Force — the arm of Iran's revolutionary guard that supports Shiite Hezbollah, Sunni Hamas, and Shiite death squads — is working with individuals affiliated with Al Qaeda in Iraq and Ansar al-Sunna.

Another American official who has seen the summaries of the reporting affiliated with the arrests said it comprised a "smoking gun." "We found plans for attacks, phone numbers affiliated with Sunni bad guys, a lot of things that filled in the blanks on what these guys are up to," the official said.

Someone is lying

[r9etb]

This isn't surprising to FReepers. But it's interesting that this sort of news has become so much more common lately in places like BBC, ABC, and so on.

It's part of the build-up.

[redpoll]

"...Iranians 'up to no good' in Iraq ..."

You know, the moment I saw this, I thought about the guy posting the "Master of the Obvious" photo... and someone has already done it! *sob* You guys are great!