Posted on 10/04/2007 5:26:41 PM PDT by nuconvert
US General: Arrested Iranian an Intelligence Agent
October 03, 2007
AFP
Khaleej Times Online
BAGHDAD -- An Iranian arrested by US forces in Iraq’sKurdish region had been involved in Teheran’s intelligence operations in Iraq for more than a decade, an American general said on Wednesday.
‘Multiple sources’ had also implicated him in providing weapons to ‘Iraqi criminal elements in the service of Iran,’ US military spokesman Major General Kevin Bergner told a news conference in Baghdad.
On September 20, US troops raided a hotel in Sulaimaniyah in the autonomous northern autonomous region and seized Mahmudi Farhadi, claiming he was a member of the Quds Force, the covert operations arm of Iran’s elite Revolutionary Guards.
Iran condemned what it called the ‘unwarranted’ arrest of a businessman it said was in Iraq at the invitation of the Kurdish regional government, and lodged a strong protest with the authorities in Baghdad.
Iraqi President Jalal Talabani has slammed the arrest as illegal and demanded Farhadi’s release.
And on September 24, Iran shut its frontiers with Iraq in protest, causing mayhem at the border and major economic losses to traders in the Kurdish region.
Bergner insisted on Wednesday that the detainee was a Quds Force operative.
‘Farhadi was the officer in charge of the Zafar command, one of three subordinates of the Ramazan core of the Quds Force,’ Bergner said.
‘As Zafar commander, he was responsible for Quds Force operations in north-central Iraq, including cross border transfers of weapons, people and money.
‘We also know that for more than a decade he was involved in Iranian intelligence operations in Iraq,’ he added, without elaborating.
Then we should waterboard every ounce of “intelligence” out of him!
Have Iraq put him on a big show trial and then hang’m
Do that first and then hang him. Nothing says that Iraq couldn’t water board him.
Spy within a combat zone.......firing squad sounds like the traditional approach.
Make him listen to voice recordings of Hitlery.
forget waterboarding. tie this diaperhead carpet flyin’ muslim POS to a tree. ask him a few questions (when, how, where etc)reg. Iran’s involvement with the murder of our brave servicemen. in the event he decides not to spill.......work him over with a blowtorch. he’ll talk. fast.
Grill him and chill him I sure hope we don’t kill him
You inhumane bastard!
Give him a fair trial. Then execute him. He’s a spy.
The Iraqi President Jalal Talibani? Talabani, Taliban, am I missing something here?
Let’s look at this realistically. How many deaths of innocent Iraqis has this man contributed to? How much damage has he done to the elected government of Iraq? How much of a danger would he have continued to be if he had not been caught?
Driveby bump
INTERROGATOR: Now, Mr. Farhadi, we just have a few simple questions for you. Cooperate, and things will go well with you. Refuse, and it will become more difficult. Do you understand?
FARHADI: BAH! DO YOUR WORST, VILE INFIDEL SWINE!
INTERROGATOR: (sighing) Very well. You have heard how we put female panties on prisoners--
FARHADI: (interrupting) I TELL YOU NOTHING!
INTERROGATOR: If we like your answers, the panties will belong to Anna Kournikova.
FARHADI: (spits at interrogator)
INTERROGATOR: ...but if not...(ominous music)
...Hillary Clinton!
FARHADI: NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! (sings like a canary)
Cheers!
Yes.
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