Totally off topic - a QODS trivia moment:
Quote:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2289512/posts
US releases Iranian Qods Force agents
LONG WAR JOURNAL.org ^ | July 9, 2009 2:50 PM | By BILL ROGGIO
Posted on July 10, 2009 3:13:34 AM PDT by Cindy
The US military recently released five Iranian Qods Force agents who had posed as diplomats and were detained in northern Iraq in late 2006. The Iranian agents were released to the Iraqi government, which is expected to promptly turn them back over to Iran.
In January 2007, the five Iranian agents were detained by US forces in the Kurdish city of Irbil. Iran claimed the men were part of a diplomatic mission in Irbil, and protested the arrest. The men were operating from a liaison office that did not enjoy diplomatic privileges, however.
The US military accused the five Iranians of being Qods Force agents assigned to help support Shia terror groups inside Iraq.
“The five detainees are connected to the Iranian Revolutionary Guard – Qods Force (IRGC-QF), an organization known for providing funds, weapons, improvised explosive device technology and training to extremist groups attempting to destabilize the Government of Iraq and attack Coalition forces,” noted Multinational Forces Iraq in press release announcing the arrest in mid-January 2007.
Now these Qods Force agents have been released to the Iraqi government and will be turned over to the embassy in Baghdad, according to Ambassador Hassan Kazemi Qomi.
Read more: http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2009/07/us_releases_iranian.php#ixzz0Kql2fTAQ&C
(Excerpt) Read more at longwarjournal.org ...