U.S. detains 6 Iranians in sweep ~ ...in Kurdish region reflects crackdown on such networks

Houston Chronicle ^ | Jan. 12, 2007, 1:17AM | Washington Post

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

U.S. troops launched two raids on Iranian targets in Iraq Thursday, following through on President Bush's vow to confront and break up Tehran's networks inside Iraq. Six Iranians were detained, and vast amounts of documents and computer data were confiscated, according to U.S., Iraqi and Iranian officials.

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[Ron2]

Why didn't the Kurds so this. These people need to step up to the plate.

[cinives]

and we didn't do this up til now ... why ?

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

Thanks....

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

See this:

Action against Iran, Syria could escalate conflict: Rudd....Labor Leader in Australia...

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And this:

Did the U.S. just provoke Iran?

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

See post #8.

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

Also see this:

BREAKING NEWS - Top Islamic Iran Strategist Captured in Iraq Raid

[dynoman]

obviously we've been watching and knew exactly where to go when the rules changed....

[shield]

LOL...this was happening during W's speech. ;o)

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

WOW...thanks for that observation....

[shield]

That info came from Dr. Jack Wheeler:

THE BRIGHT SIDE OF 2007
Written by Dr. Jack Wheeler
Thursday, 11 January 2007

Any conservative so Pollyannic as to be optimistic about 2007 risks comparison to the folks being crucified in the Monty Python movie The Life of Brian while cheerily singing, "Always look on the bright side of life."

But so far, so good. We're off to a great start. For openers, at the very moment Bush was giving his speech last night, in which he promised to "seek out and destroy" the networks of Iran and Syria supporting insurgency in Iraq, five US helicopters landed on the consulate of Iran in Arbil, Iraqi Kurdistan, disgorging US soldiers who told the Iranian occupants in three languages to surrender or be killed.

They proceeded to seize all the consulate's computers and documents, then turned the building over to Kurdish "Peshmerga" security forces.

Now that is cool. And Bush has just begun.

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

Very cool!

[Dog Gone]

If you clicked through and read the whole article, it appears the second raid didn't go so well, with Kurdish troops coming to the aid of the Iranians.

Apparently we almost got into a firefight before WE backed down.

That is troubling.

[Marine_Uncle]

People continue to underestimate this POTUS. Surely much has been carefully put in place for a long time.
As the Intel agencies slowly get purged of no good nicks of all sorts, and our military is given more leeway, one can see the US getting into a position to not screw up so much as in earlier years.
Shake and bake time has arrived by all indications.

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

The Demoweenies and their RINO friends are getting all upset....taking it out on Condi and to a lessor extent Gates....Boxer was really outrageous with Condi!