Posted on 09/09/2006 6:33:22 PM PDT by humint
BAGHDAD: Six Iraqi soldiers and a translator were detained by Iranian forces near the Khanaqin border crossing northeast of Baghdad, the defense ministry said on Saturday. "An officer and five soldiers were detained by Iranian border guards while carrying out their duties in the Khanaqin sector near a border checkpoint," a ministry statement said. A second statement released by the ministry said that an Iraqi translator was also detained along with the soldiers. News of their detention, which provincial police said happened Thursday, came as Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Malki confirmed plans to visit Iran next week. The two countries fought a bloody 1980-88 war in which at least a million people died, but relations have improved since the overthrow of Saddam Hussein's Sunni-dominated regime and the formation of a Shiite-led government.
Imagine the Iranians engaging in tactics similar to Hezbollah/s
Detention? So an army comes into your country and takes people hostage and its called detention?
If 5 of our guys were with the Iraqi's, how was it that our guys all escaped capture? I mean, the Iranians bagged those UK SBS guys 18 months ago,right?
yep
Forget the nuclear stuff. This sort of interference in Iraq on the part of Iran is justification for war and at least bombing the nuclear sites as well as some key leaders.
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