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US has arrested more than 500 Iranians in Iraq, pursued others into Iran
Middle East Times ^ | March 4, 2007 | Sherwood Ross

Posted on 03/03/2007 10:04:41 PM PST by jmc1969

The Cold War between the US and Iran is heating up.

US military and special-operations teams "have escalated their activities in Iran to gather intelligence" and reportedly "have also crossed the border in pursuit of Iranian operatives from Iraq," according to investigative reporter Seymour Hersh in an article in the March 5 issue of The New Yorker magazine.

Hersh quotes a former senior intelligence aide stating: "The word went out last August for the military to snatch as many Iranians in Iraq as they can. They had 500 locked up at one time. We're working these guys and getting information from them."

(Excerpt) Read more at metimes.com ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: iran; iraq; seymourhersh; wot
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1 posted on 03/03/2007 10:04:44 PM PST by jmc1969
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To: jmc1969
is middle east time like debka?
2 posted on 03/03/2007 10:09:26 PM PST by forYourChildrenVote4Bush (911 Republican)
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To: forYourChildrenVote4Bush

Not at all.


3 posted on 03/03/2007 10:10:25 PM PST by jmc1969
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To: jmc1969
Hersh needs a wardrobe of orange jump suits and a Caribbean vacation
4 posted on 03/03/2007 10:10:52 PM PST by Eagles6 (Dig deeper, more ammo.)
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To: jmc1969

must have all been at a wedding or just coming to work at a baby milk factory


5 posted on 03/03/2007 10:17:48 PM PST by Flavius (Qui desiderat pacem, praeparet bellumhttp://www.defense-update.com/images/GOLAN_URBAN.jpg)
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I'm just so excited that our State Department traitors, I mean, ENVOYS, will be sitting down with Iranian and Syrian counterparts to negotiate a Hudna, I mean, peace treaty. Damn me and my common sense.


6 posted on 03/03/2007 10:20:11 PM PST by Quick or Dead (Both oligarch and tyrant mistrust the people, and therefore deprive them of their arms - Aristotle)
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To: jmc1969
Hersh quotes a former senior intelligence aide stating...

 

Hersh always quotes a former senior intelligence aide/officer/consultant without ever having to identify the former element. Are these Clinton era CIA and Department of State political appointees who are just sticking the knife in the back of the Bush Administration for the 84,347th time, or what?

7 posted on 03/03/2007 10:27:07 PM PST by Wally_Kalbacken (Seldom right but never in doubt)
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To: Wally_Kalbacken

Probably one of Powell's flunkies.


8 posted on 03/03/2007 10:28:37 PM PST by jmc1969
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To: Wally_Kalbacken; jmc1969

Maybe that's Sandy Berger....he has some documents by the way!....


9 posted on 03/03/2007 10:30:20 PM PST by Ernest_at_the_Beach (The DemonicRATS believe ....that the best decisions are always made after the fact.)
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To: everyone

I hope Brother Hersh is right.


10 posted on 03/03/2007 10:32:00 PM PST by California Patriot
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To: jmc1969

Hersh is a documented liar, but I can't help but hope he's right here.


11 posted on 03/03/2007 10:33:00 PM PST by denydenydeny ("We have always been, we are, and I hope that we always shall be detested in France"--Wellington)
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To: jmc1969
The absolute proof of Iran's deep involvement in terrorism directed at our troops in Iraq is alarming evident. Action is required to topple Tehran's ruling dictatorship.
12 posted on 03/03/2007 10:37:27 PM PST by M. Espinola (Freedom is never free)
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To: jmc1969
Wonder if this has anything to do with this event?

Iran, Saudi Heads Vow to Work for Unity ~
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1794814/posts
13 posted on 03/03/2007 10:37:55 PM PST by Chgogal (Vote Al Qaeda. Vote Democrat.)
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To: jmc1969

The problem with Hersh is sometimes he gets it partly right but more often it seems his "sources" feed him the most outrageous concoction just to see if he'll actually print it. I hope he's right on this one.


14 posted on 03/03/2007 10:38:35 PM PST by Brad from Tennessee (Anything a politician gives you he has first stolen from you)
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To: Brad from Tennessee

Speaking of that...

Where's John Batchelor when you need him.


15 posted on 03/03/2007 10:48:16 PM PST by AliVeritas (Stop Global Dhimming. Demand testicular fortitude from the hill. Call the crusade.)
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To: Alas Babylon!; American_Centurion; An.American.Expatriate; ASA.Ranger; ASA Vet; Atigun; Ax; ...

MI Ping


16 posted on 03/03/2007 10:56:06 PM PST by ASA Vet (The WOT should have been over on 11/05/1979.)
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To: jmc1969

Illegal aliens in Iraq are just doing the kind work that Iraqis don't care to do.


17 posted on 03/03/2007 11:14:11 PM PST by oyez
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To: Flavius
just coming to work at a baby milk factory

Is that one of those places where they milk babies for one of the main ingredients in anti-wrinkle cream?

I've heard of those factories.

Sickening.

18 posted on 03/03/2007 11:22:46 PM PST by SittinYonder (Ic þæt gehate, þæt ic heonon nelle fleon fotes trym, ac wille furðor gan)
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To: ASA Vet; Grampa Dave

It's Hersh, guys. While the crackdown is a good thing, the reporter is questionable.


19 posted on 03/04/2007 12:03:23 AM PST by BIGLOOK (Keelhauling is a sensible solution to mutiny.)
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To: jmc1969

Sy Hersh is the Weekly World News of investigative reporters. About a quarter of what he writes is true. Unfortunately, you don't know until later which quarter.


20 posted on 03/04/2007 3:05:58 AM PST by Jabba the Nutt (Jabba the Hutt's bigger, meaner, uglier brother.)
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