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| Iran says US, Britain responsible for fate of its PoWs in Iraq |
| 2003-04-13 |
| The Islamic Republic has stressed that it considers US-British troops responsible for any threat against Iranian PoWs who may still be in Iraqi prisons. The Persian-language newspaper `Entekhab' on Saturday quoted a ranking army commander as saying that he had asked the Foreign Ministry to notify the troops in Iraq in a formal note of Iran's position in that regard. I hope it's worded a little better than that bit of spew. Something along the lines of "The Islamic Republic requests that any of its nationals incarcerated in Iraq be returned by Iraq's conquerors." Never make faces and call names while you're asking for a favor. Brigadier-General Mirfeisal Baqerzadeh, the head of the search and recovery committee for those missing in action, voiced concerns about the threats against Iranian PoWs after the fall of Baghdad's regime. "Iran considers the US-British troops in Iraq responsible for the threats against Iranian PoWs, and they should live up to their commitments regarding Iranian prisoners," Entekhab quoted him as saying. I doubt if we've given the matter any thought, actually... "Considering that Iraqi prisons and detention centers are under the US-British control, they are responsible for the consequences of any threat against Iranian PoWs." Baqerzadeh further said whether there is any more Iranian PoWs in Iraq is merely a possibility, stressing that but the issue was still not definite. "We just had certain data and documents that had been obtained from the 1980-88 war with Iraq or from the reports of Iranian troops that have seen their comrades in Iraqi prisons," the official said. These documents, he added, show that a certain number of Iranian PoWs are still in Iraq. If we find any, we'll probably send them along, as long as they stay away from our embassy. |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |
| #2 Total crap. They didn't want the remains of the Iranians we DID find. They're looking for an excuse, not their countrymen |
| Posted by: Ptah 2003-04-13 14:32:12 |
| #1 Actually, we'd have done it anyway, as a matter of personal respect for OURSELVES. We've always prided ourselves on doing the "right" thing. I'm sure that the team put together to go through the Iraqi Ministry of Torture and Mayhem's records will provide every assistance to the Iranians. It's in OUR best interst to do so, as well as theirs. We can carefully express our condolences about the brutality that Saddam exerted against Iranian prisoners of war. It may even have an impression. |
| Posted by: Old Patriot 2003-04-13 13:35:44 |