Posted on 02/13/2007 6:28:10 PM PST by Knitting A Conundrum
News roundup posted at thread 4760. Contains a update message about flipping the thread tomorrow:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1784403/posts?page=4760#4760
I almost did! I was trying to make the template for the flip (which I lost before saving last time I did this) and got sidetracked. But now I am ready for tomorrow.
Not surprised. The truce doesn't mean a whole lot to them, but the words give the west something to point to.
Not surprised. The truce doesn't mean a whole lot to them, but the word truce gives the west something to hold on to, to work deals.
Saw that. We'll see how that turns out.
I go off to by paver bricks and nobody posts anything?
Just waiting for you to come back. :)
By Way of Defection - Is Iran hemorrhaging high-level officials?
Reason ^ | March 15, 2007 | Michael Young
Who is Ali Reza Asgari and why is he important? No one is quite sure yet, but when the Iranian general and former deputy defense minister disappeared in Istanbul earlier this year, suddenly everyone had a good spy story to follow. Did Asgari defect? Was he kidnapped by a foreign intelligence agency? And how does his fate affect the United States in its ongoing confrontation with Iran, if it does at all?
The story is roughly this. In February, Asgari traveled from Syria to Turkey, where he checked into a hotel before apparently going underground. According to Turkey's foreign minister, Abdullah Gul, the Iranian authorities informed the Turks 10 days after Asgari's arrival that they had lost contact with him. The Iranians were said to have initially refused to divulge Asgari's identity, or even provide a photograph. This compelled Gul to defend the Turkish reaction by saying: "If we don't receive information on a specific individual, then this individual can circulate in complete freedom in Turkey."
As the story gained prominence in early March, the London-based Arabic newspaper Al-Hayat quoted an unidentified Turkish source as saying that Asgari had defected. This came as Iran was claiming that the general had been kidnapped by U.S. or Israeli intelligence agents--prompting a tentative Israeli denial. Citing a U.S. official, the Washington Post reported on March 8 that Asgari was "cooperating with Western intelligence agencies, providing information on Hezbollah and Iran's ties to the organization." The paper did not specify who was interrogating him.
More at the FR link: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1803313/posts
I guess we'll let that count...LOL!
May they hemorrhage plenty...
Wow, that looks great!
It was hard, but it's going to look really good once the roses get established.
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