US has arrested more than 500 Iranians in Iraq, pursued others into Iran

Middle East Times ^ | March 4, 2007 | Sherwood Ross

[jmc1969]

The Cold War between the US and Iran is heating up.

US military and special-operations teams "have escalated their activities in Iran to gather intelligence" and reportedly "have also crossed the border in pursuit of Iranian operatives from Iraq," according to investigative reporter Seymour Hersh in an article in the March 5 issue of The New Yorker magazine.

Hersh quotes a former senior intelligence aide stating: "The word went out last August for the military to snatch as many Iranians in Iraq as they can. They had 500 locked up at one time. We're working these guys and getting information from them."

[forYourChildrenVote4Bush]

is middle east time like debka?

[jmc1969]

Not at all.

[Eagles6]

Hersh needs a wardrobe of orange jump suits and a Caribbean vacation

[Flavius]

must have all been at a wedding or just coming to work at a baby milk factory

[Quick or Dead]

I'm just so excited that our State Department traitors, I mean, ENVOYS, will be sitting down with Iranian and Syrian counterparts to negotiate a Hudna, I mean, peace treaty. Damn me and my common sense.

[Wally_Kalbacken]

Hersh quotes a former senior intelligence aide stating...

 

Hersh always quotes a former senior intelligence aide/officer/consultant without ever having to identify the former element. Are these Clinton era CIA and Department of State political appointees who are just sticking the knife in the back of the Bush Administration for the 84,347th time, or what?

[jmc1969]

Probably one of Powell's flunkies.

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

Maybe that's Sandy Berger....he has some documents by the way!....

[California Patriot]

I hope Brother Hersh is right.

[denydenydeny]

Hersh is a documented liar, but I can't help but hope he's right here.

[M. Espinola]

The absolute proof of Iran's deep involvement in terrorism directed at our troops in Iraq is alarming evident. Action is required to topple Tehran's ruling dictatorship.

[Chgogal]

Wonder if this has anything to do with this event?

Iran, Saudi Heads Vow to Work for Unity ~
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1794814/posts

[Brad from Tennessee]

The problem with Hersh is sometimes he gets it partly right but more often it seems his "sources" feed him the most outrageous concoction just to see if he'll actually print it. I hope he's right on this one.

[AliVeritas]

Speaking of that...

Where's John Batchelor when you need him.

[ASA Vet]

MI Ping

[oyez]

Illegal aliens in Iraq are just doing the kind work that Iraqis don't care to do.

[SittinYonder]

just coming to work at a baby milk factory

Is that one of those places where they milk babies for one of the main ingredients in anti-wrinkle cream?

I've heard of those factories.

Sickening.

[BIGLOOK]

It's Hersh, guys. While the crackdown is a good thing, the reporter is questionable.

[Jabba the Nutt]

Sy Hersh is the Weekly World News of investigative reporters. About a quarter of what he writes is true. Unfortunately, you don't know until later which quarter.