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2007-01-12 Iraq

Was Revolutionary Guard guru, Hassan Abbassi one of those arrested in Erbil?

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Posted by Hupavimble Shising6628 2007-01-12 08:28|| || Front Page|| [3 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Please, please, please, please...

Posted by Excalibur 2007-01-12 09:15|| 2007-01-12 09:15|| Front Page Top

#2 I sure as hell hope that our fucking state dept didn't force his release.

Posted by RD 2007-01-12 09:32|| 2007-01-12 09:32|| Front Page Top

#3 "The Dr. Kissinger of Islam,"

We've got nothing to worry about - this guy will get them screwed six ways to next Ramadan.

Mike

Posted by Mike Kozlowski 2007-01-12 09:43|| 2007-01-12 09:43|| Front Page Top

#4 A quick perusal of Thugburg reveals this from an '04 article.

"senior IRGC official Hassan Abbasi cited "a strategy drawn up for the destruction of the Anglo-Saxon civilization"

I hope they hold him in either Iraq or ship him of to Guantanamo

Posted by TomAnon 2007-01-12 09:57|| 2007-01-12 09:57|| Front Page Top

#5 UPDATE: James Glanz slips in the usual NYT flavor.
NYT: More 0n the Iranian's & Offices in ERBIL

There was a tense standoff later in the day between the American soldiers and about 100 Kurdish troops, who surrounded the American armored vehicles for about two hours in this northern Iraqi city.

The attack was denounced by senior Kurdish officials, who are normally Americas closest allies in Iraq but regarded the action as an affront to their sovereignty in this highly tribal swath of the country. Irans Foreign Ministry reacted in Tehran with a harsh denunciation that threatened to escalate tensions with the Bush administration.

The American military said that it had been conducting routine security operations in Erbil Jan. 11 and detained six individuals suspected of being closely tied to activities targeting Iraqi and coalition forces. One individual was released and five remain in custody.

Posted by RD 2007-01-12 11:02|| 2007-01-12 11:02|| Front Page Top

#6 they were vacationers, damn it

Posted by Captain America 2007-01-12 16:15|| 2007-01-12 16:15|| Front Page Top

#7 Why were they in the Kurdish region and why were the Kurds apparently protecting them?

Possibly fee for service, but I'm suspicious of this report. Smells like Iranian propaganda.

Posted by phil_b 2007-01-12 17:04|| 2007-01-12 17:04|| Front Page Top

#8 Smells more like the Kurds taking a hint from the Sunnis and Shia and getting too big for their breeches. Apparently we had to send in Blackhawks to get the surrounded troopers out, sans HUMVEEs. I heard a radio interview of Kurds by NPR that confirms the NYT report, not that they aren't the two worst media orifices behind the AP. But even a stopped clock is right twice a day

Perhaps the Kurds need to be left to the tender mercies of their Iranian masters for a while.

Posted by Nimble Spemble 2007-01-12 17:12|| 2007-01-12 17:12|| Front Page Top

#9 Bah, screw 'em. Let the Turks do whatever they like to these muppets.

Posted by Ulomoque Photh7696 2007-01-12 18:51|| 2007-01-12 18:51|| Front Page Top

#10 The Kurds are battling the Sunnis in Kirkuk and Mosul and points South and East. Makes no sense they would shelter a bigtime facilitator of Sunni 'insurgents'.

Assuming the report is true there is more too this.

Posted by phil_b 2007-01-12 20:08|| 2007-01-12 20:08|| Front Page Top

#11 Apologies, I read Republican Guard rather than IRG. Ignore my comments.

Posted by phil_b 2007-01-12 20:12|| 2007-01-12 20:12|| Front Page Top

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