"Sure, we'll be happy to help!"
Posted on 04/04/2007 2:02:50 PM PDT by Sleeping Beauty
WASHINGTON (AP) - Iran said Wednesday it will look into the disappearance of an American man in Iran, a State Department spokesman said. The missing man has been identified as a former FBI agent.
Iran replied to a U.S. request for information or help, and asked for additional details about the missing man's travel itinerary, State Department spokesman Tom Casey said. The response came through Swiss intermediaries in Iran.
``We'll see if they come up with anything, but they certainly didn't have any specific information,'' about the man, Casey said.
The United States and Iran have no diplomatic relations, but do exchange information through neutral Swiss diplomats.
The Iranian response Wednesday came hours before Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad pledged to release 15 British sailors held in Iran.
The United States says there is no connection between the British sailors and the case of the missing American, and no connection to other recent incidents involving Iranians detained by U.S. or Iraqi authorities.
``There isn't, in our mind and I don't think in anyone else's, any connection between an individual, private American citizen whose whereabouts are unknown, and who went missing in early March, and any of the rest of this stuff,'' Casey said.
U.S. citizens are not barred from traveling to Iran but must obtain a visa, although Kish Island is a Persian Gulf resort area and free-trade zone for which no Iranian visa is required.
(Excerpt) Read more at guardian.co.uk ...
Yah, and in other news, O.J. is still looking for his wife's killer.
That’s is like telling the coyote that we can’t find a crippled chicken out there in that field. If you find it, will you please help it get back to the coop safely?
Well if they are gonna act right, we should tell ‘em to wash our cars.
Regards.
No kidding. And, bring me a beer on your way out.
The only reason Iran would look for a missing American is that they see another opportunity for a hostage show in the media.
Thanks for the link. Wow, that’s a whole different story, isn’t it?
He’s probably chained to the wall in Ahmedi-numbnuts’ bedroom wearing a gimp-suit and a ball gag.
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