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BREAKING NEWS - Top Islamic Iran Strategist Captured in Iraq Raid
AntiMullah ^ | Friday Jan 12 | Alan Peters

Posted on 01/12/2007 12:55:17 AM PST by FARS

Friday, January 12, 2007 BREAKING NEWS - !!!

Reports from Tehran state that Iran's top IRGC (Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps) strategist, Hassan Abbasi, was captured in the recent raid on the Islamic Iran's office in Erbil, Iraq.

Referred to inside Islamic Iran as the Regime's version of Kissinger, Abbasi works directly as special advisor for the dead or dying Supreme Ruler in Iran - Ali Khamenei.

His attitude to the main competitor for the Supreme Leadership position, Hashemi Rafsanjani, as the telephone report elaborated, is "like a knife and cheese", meaning he hates Rafsanjani.

Abbasi has in the past indicated he has already chosen and set up attack capability on a large number of targets inside the USA and said the Islamic regime would wipe out the Western culture - as a whole - and replace it with Islam.

He also runs the "Freedom Organizations" an umbrella group, coordinating and networking every "anti-imperialism" terror group around the globe. Be it the IRA in Ireland or Japanese cults or Puerto Rican gangs in the USA. Anyone who is ready to disrupt their country and governments through acts of terrorism.

As the Islamic Regime's top tactician and strategist, his being found and caught in Iraq comes as little or no surprise when reorganization of the jihadists in Iraq has to be done to meet President Bush's new initiative.

In the past Abbasi was closely linked to the Islamic Regime's former MInister of Defense, Shamkhani and authored much of the plans to block the Persian Gulf as well as plans to insert the Ghods Brigades (Special Forces for overseas operations)into Iraq via the Basra area and the Northern Kurdish borders.

He has long established ties to the Kurds, who cooperate with him as part of the Freedoms Organizations in their quest for a Kurdish homeland.

Was the attack on the US Embassy in Greece a retaliation for this capture? It fits the Freedom Organizations type of activity and no other recent event clearly warrants this attack.

Pure, unfounded speculation: it could be a diversion to cover up or distract from Khamenei's death or even the "nuclear trigger" version of the explosion in the desert near Kerman.


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KEYWORDS: abbasi; alqhods; freedomorganizations; hassanabbasi; iran; iraq; irbilraid; wot
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To: SunkenCiv; Grampa Dave; SierraWasp; Dog; Marine_Uncle; TexKat

Thanks for the ping...se post #39....big time stuff is gonna hit the fan if what FARS has posted here turns out to be true....


41 posted on 01/12/2007 8:43:50 AM PST by Ernest_at_the_Beach
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To: FARS

Embassy in Greece getting mortar attacked, Courts in SoFla (big surprise) getting shut down with suspicious packages, Russia raising hell. Yeah I'd say we got someone important.


42 posted on 01/12/2007 8:55:10 AM PST by kinghorse
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To: antisocial; FARS; TexKat
AP Report:

AP: Detained Iranians Had Iraq Approval ~ Irbil raid...

43 posted on 01/12/2007 9:03:52 AM PST by Ernest_at_the_Beach
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To: NormsRevenge; TexKat; Marine_Uncle; Captain Ed; Dog; Cap Huff

pingaroo


44 posted on 01/12/2007 9:05:30 AM PST by Ernest_at_the_Beach
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To: TigersEye
More details and commentary from the Blogosphere:

Payback From Wayback

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January 12, 2007
Payback From Wayback

So I presume that the Bush administration meant what they said when they rejected the Iraq Study Group's recommendation for diplomacy with Iran. Or perhaps they decided to apply the kind of armed diplomacy that would get Iran's attention yesterday when they raided an Iranian consular office in Irbil and detained six of its employees in a cordon-and-knock operation:

45 posted on 01/12/2007 9:10:54 AM PST by Ernest_at_the_Beach
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More:

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The raid was the second surprise seizure of Iranians by the American military in Iraq in recent weeks and came a day after President Bush bluntly warned Iran to quit meddling in Iraqi affairs.

46 posted on 01/12/2007 9:12:11 AM PST by Ernest_at_the_Beach
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To: kinghorse; FARS; SunkenCiv
And we have this:

US troops will leave Iraq “in coffins”: Sadr aide

47 posted on 01/12/2007 9:28:23 AM PST by Ernest_at_the_Beach
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To: RightOnTheLeftCoast

yah, and its "profiling" too


48 posted on 01/12/2007 9:47:37 AM PST by pmac
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To: FARS; Dog Gone; Dog; DoctorZIn; Marine_Uncle; Cap Huff
See this:

Was Revolutionary Guard guru, Hassan Abbassi one of those arrested in Erbil?

49 posted on 01/12/2007 10:29:59 AM PST by Ernest_at_the_Beach
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To: kinoxi

See link at post #49...


50 posted on 01/12/2007 10:31:07 AM PST by Ernest_at_the_Beach
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To: Gritty

See link at #49.


51 posted on 01/12/2007 10:32:54 AM PST by Ernest_at_the_Beach
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To: Caipirabob
ROTFLOL Thanks for the laugh.

On the not so funny side; if you have not been back to this thread there are now links to related stories that may not reflect such a warm and glowing light on this raid. I'm reserving my opinion on it but it doesn't appear to be a clear cut 'good job' for the U.S.

52 posted on 01/12/2007 11:12:56 AM PST by TigersEye (If you don't understand the 2nd Amendment then you don't understand America.)
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To: pandoraou812
If the Iraq's or Kurds have him then they ought to let us get everything we can get out of him.

Thanks to McCain and Graham U.S. personnel aren't allowed to even say anything scary to him. They'd probably go to prison if they insulted his momma. So it might be better if we let Iraqis have custody of any prisoners we want info from.

53 posted on 01/12/2007 11:17:36 AM PST by TigersEye (If you don't understand the 2nd Amendment then you don't understand America.)
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach

Thank you for directing us all to additional info on this raid. I hope the potential negatives pointed out there are overblown.


54 posted on 01/12/2007 11:21:04 AM PST by TigersEye (If you don't understand the 2nd Amendment then you don't understand America.)
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To: FARS

Thanks for the ping!


55 posted on 01/12/2007 11:24:06 AM PST by Alamo-Girl
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To: TheRightGuy

What?


56 posted on 01/12/2007 11:25:34 AM PST by TigersEye (If you don't understand the 2nd Amendment then you don't understand America.)
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To: TigersEye
This may be the big moment...:

Action against Iran, Syria could escalate conflict: Rudd....Labor Leader in Australia...

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Not sure if I put this one up:

Did the U.S. just provoke Iran?

57 posted on 01/12/2007 11:26:34 AM PST by Ernest_at_the_Beach
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach

From your first link the hand-wringing in Oz (which is just as well represented right here in the U.S.) makes me want to throw up. The essence of it is "Don't fight back too hard or those mean old terrorists might really get mad." Syria and Iran should have paid a high price for their actions a long time ago.


58 posted on 01/12/2007 11:34:32 AM PST by TigersEye (If you don't understand the 2nd Amendment then you don't understand America.)
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach

I really appreciate the work you're doing here. Thanks!


59 posted on 01/12/2007 11:48:13 AM PST by TigersEye (If you don't understand the 2nd Amendment then you don't understand America.)
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To: TigersEye
Right ... they should definitely let him hang around for a while.

What?

hang around ... ala sadam ... a little gallows humor ... breaking noose

60 posted on 01/12/2007 12:12:41 PM PST by TheRightGuy (ERROR CODE 018974523: Random Tagline Compiler Failure)
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