Iranian security arrests two pigeons for espionage (truth stranger than fiction alert!)

http://www.asianews.it/index.php?l=en&art=13534&size=A ^ | October 21, 2008

[NYer]

Tehran (AsiaNews) - "Iran arrests spy pigeons near nuclear site": this is how the semiofficial news agency Fars reports that "security forces have arrested two suspected 'spy pigeons' near a complex for uranium enrichment."

Asia News IRAN Iranian security arrests two pigeons for espionage iran espionage spy spies surveillance pigeons unites states u.s. military nuclear program uranium enrichment The birds were apprehended near two nuclear plants: one was black, both had "metal rings, with invisible strings." The news agency Fars recalls a protest by Tehran against U.S. espionage.

Tehran (AsiaNews) - "Iran arrests spy pigeons near nuclear site": this is how the semiofficial news agency Fars reports that "security forces have arrested two suspected 'spy pigeons' near a complex for uranium enrichment."

The agency quotes the newspaper Etemad Melli, and specifies that one of the pigeons was captured near a sensitive facility in the city of Lashan, in the province of Isfahan. According to anonymous sources, the pigeon had "metal rings, with invisible strings" attached to it.

The same anonymous source adds that "early this month, a black pigeon was caught bearing a blue-coated metal ring, with invisible strings."

Fars says that "the source gave no further description of the pigeons, neither their current status nor what their fate will be."

The agency then recalls that Natanz is the location of an underground nuclear facility, and that last year it formally protested against the use of espionage by the United States, in order to produce a report on the Iranian nuclear program.

[NYer]

Reinforcements quickly gathered to assess the situation.

[doorgunner69]

"metal rings, with invisible strings."

So, how did they know the strings were there, if invisible?

Those Iranians say the weirdest stuff...............

[NYer]

This will make your day.

[Yo-Yo]

Hopefully they aren’t stool pigeons, otherwise they might sing like canaries.

[MHGinTN]

Has the Eagle landed yet?

[dblshot]

Iranian agents got suspicious when they observed the pigeons making frequent drops in a nearby park. when confronted the pigeons got their feathers up and refused to speak. Under Iranian law they face being killed, boiled and seasoned.

[coalman]

man,the humiliation! first the mock trial,,then the parading thru the streets,,do we really need this now???

[Constitutions Grandchild]

Did they cuff their little wings behind their backs? Did they make certain they didn't bump their heads on the cages as they loaded them into the car? Did they read them their rights? Where the heck is PETA? So many questions, so few answers — where have I heard that lately? Doh! Another question.

[Tallguy]

What’s the word on the effectiveness of the S300 SAM system against pidgeons?

[dfwgator]

Did they employ Dick Dastardly and Muttley?

[Frank_2001]

I have a feeling those pigeons will be grilled by the security forces;)

[DannyTN]

Reinforcements....LOL

[highimpact]

“So, how did they know the strings were there, if invisible?”

If the CIA is capable of inventing invisible string, why can’t they invent invisible cameras? I would suspect photo intelligence would be much more reliable than whatever a pigeon could tell them. “What are you trying to tell me, Spy Pigeon? Little Timmy fell down the well?”

[Proud_USA_Republican]

Will they waterboard the pigeons during the interogations? Where is the outrage from Amnesty International and PETA?

[TigersEye]

The same anonymous source adds that "early this month, a black pigeon was caught bearing a blue-coated metal ring, with invisible strings."

A pop top and some monofilament fishing line. Change comes slow in Iran.

[NYer]

I have a feeling those pigeons will be grilled by the security forces;)

Lol ... or "made to stew" by the interrogators ;-)

[Eaker]

Tar and defeather them.

[sono]

Stool pigeons?