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U.S. hands detained Iranians to Iraq authorities
msnbc ^ | 08/29/2007 | Associated Press

Posted on 08/29/2007 12:55:46 AM PDT by autosellers

U.S. troops release Iranians detained in Iraq Military hands 7 over to Iraqi authorities hours after their apprehension

BAGHDAD, Iraq - U.S. troops released seven Iranians early Wednesday, hours after detaining them at a central Baghdad hotel, an Iranian embassy official said.

The Iranian diplomat, who refused to give his name, told The Associated Press that one of those released contacted the embassy Wednesday morning to say that they have been handed over to Iraqi authorities.

American troops raided Baghdad’s Sheraton Ishtar hotel and took away a group of about 10 people late Tuesday. The diplomat said the seven Iranians included an embassy staffer and six members of a delegation from Iran’s Electricity Ministry.

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TOPICS: Breaking News; Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: hotel; iranians; iraq; ishtar; release; sheraton; sheratonishtar
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To: SolidWood

I agree, catch and release is a joke - here or there


21 posted on 08/29/2007 4:48:07 AM PDT by stratboy
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To: Cap Huff
It is satrire.

Border Agents

22 posted on 08/29/2007 5:36:59 AM PDT by SkyPilot
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To: SolidWood
"Catch and release is a Circus."

Seven nervous men tell tales, creating more nervous men. Besides, they no doubt searched everything they had with them thoroughly.

23 posted on 08/29/2007 5:47:03 AM PDT by cake_crumb (May I never live to see the day America has a 'popular war'. God bless our troops.)
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To: Dog

Thats what I am thinking.

They realeased these people for a reason. Who am I to say if they did the right thing? I’m sitting in a cubicle for cripes sake.


24 posted on 08/29/2007 5:50:47 AM PDT by shbox
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To: dooltotheend

>>>>>If you believe that, you also believe everything the man behind the curtain says.<<<<<<<<

Well...tell us.

Tell us exactly who the man are and what they are doing. You were there, right? You questioned the men personally, right?


25 posted on 08/29/2007 5:54:08 AM PDT by shbox
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To: SkyPilot

WTF??


26 posted on 08/29/2007 6:43:27 AM PDT by cake_crumb (May I never live to see the day America has a 'popular war'. God bless our troops.)
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To: SkyPilot
"It is satrire.

Border Agents"

Oh, ok...no need to answer my previous post then. I'm sure glad this thread hasn't been hijacked by troop supporters.

27 posted on 08/29/2007 6:47:01 AM PDT by cake_crumb (May I never live to see the day America has a 'popular war'. God bless our troops.)
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To: Chi-townChief
>>>I’m not so sure I’d call them released.<<<

How about "released from the fring pan into the fire"?

Lets hope!

28 posted on 08/29/2007 7:53:51 AM PDT by HardStarboard (Take No Prisoners - We're Out of Qurans)
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To: autosellers

That’s nice.


29 posted on 08/29/2007 8:02:47 AM PDT by Mad_Tom_Rackham (Elections have consequences.)
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To: shbox
>>>Who am I to say if they did the right thing? I’m sitting in a cubicle for cripes sake<<<

Congratulations! There are too few of us that realize we are reacting with incomplete information and that our war-fighters and leaders may occasionally know what they are doing.

At the very least, ruffling Ahmadinejad's feathers isn't a bad thing!

30 posted on 08/29/2007 8:04:52 AM PDT by HardStarboard (Take No Prisoners - We're Out of Qurans)
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To: autosellers
We just wanted a peek at that laptop.

The guys had 1AK and 2 9mm... they aren’t quds... and the info on that laptop is MUCH more important than the goons who were carrying it anyway.

31 posted on 08/29/2007 8:56:33 AM PDT by FreedomNeocon (Success is not final; Failure is not fatal; it is the courage to continue that counts -- Churchill)
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To: Chi-townChief

“...they have been handed over to Iraqi authorities.”

“I’m not so sure I’d call them released” ... my thought exactly

...and I love the idea that they got a peek in that lap top


32 posted on 08/29/2007 9:40:04 AM PDT by AprilfromTexas
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To: shbox

So let me get this straight—You really believe that an Iranian in Iraq, representing the Iranian government, who says he/she to promote trade, is to be taken at face value? You probably also condemn the air line passengers who took matters into their own hands when a bunch of alleged Mullahs started acting up in the aisle of the aircraft—and just happened to drop OBL’s a few times as they chanted whatever it was they were chanting.

You know what? I think a Middle Eastern type could be standing beside you with a hand grenade and you would do nothing. Why would you do nothing? Because he hadn’t pulled the pin you could not read his mind to discern his intent.

Do you ever listen to yourself? And to think my son has been in harms way 5 times defending this country so pathetic people like you can say such stupid things.


33 posted on 08/29/2007 10:05:49 AM PDT by dooltotheend (uir)
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To: dooltotheend
WTF are you talking about? You best straighten up and take that attitude elsewhere.

So let me get this straight—You really believe that an Iranian in Iraq, representing the Iranian government, who says he/she to promote trade, is to be taken at face value?

Yes. You know why? Because the people in the armed forces that are there say so. I am not there, so I cannot say. You are not there. You cannot say. Do you mean to tell me that you know exactly what those Iranians were doing? I don't trust those Iranians anymore than anybody else. But someone let them go. And that someone just happens to know a little more about the situation than me or you. How can you say they are wrong...sitting in front of a computer....10,000 miles away?

I'll tell you what...if I ever talk to anyone in the Pentagon or the CIA, I will tell them to relieve all the military officers of their duty and when they need any advice on how to handle any foriegn policy situation, just ask dooltotheend, a guy sitting in front of a computer yapping on a political forum. He knows it all!

As for the other comments you made......uhm....WHAT?
34 posted on 08/29/2007 10:21:46 AM PDT by shbox
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To: autosellers

35 posted on 08/29/2007 10:23:50 AM PDT by RightWhale (It's Brecht's donkey, not mine)
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To: Dog

You’re right. Iraq has extensive economic and social relationships with Iran, including large scale purchase of Iranian electricity. Too many reactionary no-nothings venting predictably here.


36 posted on 08/29/2007 10:34:17 AM PDT by elfman2 ("As goes Fallujah, so goes central Iraq and so goes the entire country" -Col Coleman, USMC ,4/2004)
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To: autosellers

Did they release them one at a time?

37 posted on 08/29/2007 11:31:33 AM PDT by DrewsDad (PIERCE the EARMARKS)
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To: autosellers

7 of 10 were Iranian, the other 3 Dems.


38 posted on 08/29/2007 1:28:19 PM PDT by Mumbles (Because we disagree doesn't make you or me right. Treat each other with respect.)
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To: mkjessup
Release and follow, and you can be sure that at least one of them has been converted to be a secret field agent of the CIA, who promised him something better tha 52 virgins..........................A beach condo on Waikiki, and a 1 million dollar check from Uncle Sam's spook works.
39 posted on 08/29/2007 2:58:23 PM PDT by Candor7 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Baghdad_(1258))
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To: SkyPilot

Satire may not be your strong suit.


40 posted on 08/29/2007 3:00:28 PM PDT by Mr. Lucky
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