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Axis of Evil
2002-02-14
  • Iran has detained some 150 people, including women and children, suspected of links to al Qaeda and the Taliban. The detainees are from Arab, African and European countries and some carried French, British, Belgian, Dutch and Spanish passports. The detainees were Taliban sympathizers who went to Afghanistan after the launch of the U.S. attack in October. "They are coming to Iran from Quetta in Pakistan and are not being stopped by Pakistan border guards," a source said. A spokesman for a parliamentary commission on Afghanistan was quoted separately as saying Iran had handed over some of the detainees to their respective countries and was in the process of returning others.

    The lawmaker also rejected suggestions that hard-line elements in Iran may have pursued their own agenda in Afghanistan, contrary to Tehran's official support for the interim Afghan government. "It is not true that there is a lack of coordination among Iranian organizations and bodies in Afghanistan," he said.
    Well. Guess he told me. He said it, so it must be so.
    Yeah, well, the latecomers can't be that important to us. But it makes for tremendously good spin, doesn't it? Doesn't seem to have anything to do with the border-crossing between Afghanistan and Iran in Ismail-Khan-istan, though. THAT would be something.
    Posted by lakefxdan 2/15/2002 2:02:05 AM
    • Posted by:Fred Pruitt

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