Posted on 09/22/2007 12:40:36 PM PDT by do the dhue
Edited on 09/22/2007 12:42:42 PM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]
Iraqi President Jalal Talabani has blasted the United States for the arrest Thursday of an Iranian and called for his immediate release.
The U.S. military said the detainee is a member of an elite Iranian unit that has been accused of training and equipping insurgents in Iraq, but Talabani said he is a civil servant who was on an official trade mission in Iraq's Kurdistan region.
(Excerpt) Read more at cnn.com ...
Yes, I wonder how the Sunni take this and the Kurds. He threatened to shut some gateway to the Kurds down. I am sure they don’t like that from their President.
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.