Iraq backs Iranians seized by US

FranchiseBlade · Jan 12, 2007

Interesting. I wish there was a way to find out WTF is going on over there.

Iraq backs Iranians seized by US

The outside of the Iranian liaison office raided by US forces
Six Iranians held in a US military raid in northern Iraq were working there with the approval of the authorities, Iraq's foreign minister has said.
They were part of an Iranian liaison office which had been operating for many years, Hoshyar Zebari said.

He said the office in Irbil did not yet have full consular diplomatic status but that this was under consideration.

The US said it believed the six people seized in Thursday's raid had targeted Iraqi and US-led coalition forces.

Mr Zebari said details of the detainees had now been passed to the Americans.

"We contacted the US embassy and submitted all the information available to us on the nature of their work and the place of their work," he said.

"They have been working under the approval of the government."

One of the group, seized when US troops stormed the building, has since been released. Mr Zebari said the other five remained in US custody...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/6255335.stm
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