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| Iranian diplomat detained then released by US forces in Iraq |
| 2004-06-29 |
| Iranâs government Monday complained that one of its diplomats in Iraq had been briefly detained and questioned by US forces, accusing American troops of failing to respect his diplomatic status. âThe Iranian government and the ministry of foreign affairs had protested the move. Fortunately this complaint was heard, and the diplomat is now back in his post,â cabinet spokesman Abdollah Ramazanzadeh told reporters. But he did complain that âthose responsible did not apologise.â He was confirming press reports here that an indentified diplomat at the Islamic republicâs mission in Baghdad was detained by Iraqi police on Sunday while travelling to Baghdad by road from Iran and then handed over to US troops. The diplomat was reportedly released early on Monday. US officials frequently accuse Iran of supporting anti-coalition attacks in Iraq, a charge Iran vigorously denies. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #16 Dr - Funny you should mention the scenarios - I've never played them - mostly because I prefer building my own thing and knowing my strengths and weaknesses. I'll give it a try! |
| Posted by: .com 2004-06-29 9:02:01 PM |
| #15 Ever play the Civ II scenarios with the aliens and the Jules Verne technologies? Loads of fun! |
| Posted by: The Doctor 2004-06-29 8:55:52 PM |
| #14 Ship - I always choose the Celts and it depends upon the "world" whether or not I follow the seafaring route, heh, but I haven't cheated, yet! LH - I'll go have a look, but if, as you imply, I am a different breed, then there would be little or no fun in it. I don't post in many places - even those where I am mainstream. I prefer to know who I am "conversing" with, heh. And you wouldn't dare use nukes! |
| Posted by: .com 2004-06-29 8:37:44 PM |
| #13 Was he predecessor the one who was knocked off by Volvo driving killers? Maybe that was a different incident. Something very incongrous about using a Volvo to perform an assasination. Or course, there *is* a Volvo that looks like it's meant to kill. That would be the 262 Bertone Coupe. A friend once referred to this model as the "King Gustav Hit Car". Indeed. |
| Posted by: Classical_Liberal 2004-06-29 12:11:34 PM |
| #12 But he did complain that âthose responsible did not apologise.â Tough. Get over yourself. |
| Posted by: Bomb-a-rama 2004-06-29 10:55:36 AM |
| #11 The last spymaster they sent over was so obnoxious somebody (cough, cough) had him assassinated. So I have a feeling that his replacement was being given a little advance notice that he had either watch his Ps & Qs, or make sure his Mutual of Bam insurance policy is paid up. |
| Posted by: Anonymoose 2004-06-29 10:33:29 AM |
| #10 dot com, my words are backed BY NUCLEAR WEAPONS!! Wanna come play in the off-topic forum of Apolyton.net (The Civ site)? your views would stir things up there. Oh, and you NEVER give up Ceremonial Burial (at least not in Civ2 - i dont play civ3) since its on the path to monarchy. |
| Posted by: Liberalhawk 2004-06-29 9:57:48 AM |
| #9 I used to hack one of the .ini files to have Queen Liz immediately have a man-o-war, nothing like cheating in solitarie I say, victimless crime don't ya know. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2004-06-29 9:12:18 AM |
| #8 G - LOL! I go for Iron-Working, Construction, Literacy, & Invention (Gunpowder) as my primary goals - pottery's on the Seafaring path! But I'll give away Polytheism and Ceremonial Burial withou much of an argument! Lol! Play on, brother! |
| Posted by: .com 2004-06-29 8:51:36 AM |
| #7 Mr. .com sirrah, I am pleased to be able to irrigate your fine land for this I give you pottery secret. |
| Posted by: Ghandi 2004-06-29 8:31:40 AM |
| #6 When I play Civilization II or III I always shoot any diplomat approaching any of my cities. If I wasn't already at war with them matters not - espionage and subversion always accompany a diplomat. So I kill 'em. |
| Posted by: .com 2004-06-29 5:04:22 AM |
| #5 "...accusing American troops of failing to respect his diplomatic status" "...an indentified diplomat at the Islamic republicâs mission in Baghdad..." Iraq wasn't a sovereign country until 10:26 A.M. on a Monday, June 28, 2004 Iraqi time. I think there was no diplomatic status for anyone, nor were there any diplomatic missions between the time we (the Americans) declared a cease fire and when we returned the country to Iraqi rule. |
| Posted by: Larry Everett 2004-06-29 3:58:31 AM |
| #4 He made out much better than a Canadian journalist makes out in Tehran. I wonder how he'll be treated by the Iraqis if the infiltrators keep whacking the local populus. |
| Posted by: Super Hose 2004-06-29 3:19:31 AM |
| #3 Just another Iranian 'diplomatic' agent for jihad. They should have thrown him in the can! |
| Posted by: Mark Espinola 2004-06-29 2:37:45 AM |
| #2 Let's see, you losers snatch 8 Brits, blindfold them, parade them in front of cameras, etc. |
| Posted by: Capt America 2004-06-29 2:34:54 AM |
| #1 It was the Iranian accent, most likely. I'm bettin' they're kinda touchy about that sorta thing down round Basra way. And no, no apologies. Beat it. |
| Posted by: mojo 2004-06-29 2:30:33 AM |