U.S. captures 'high-priority' Iran officer in Baghdad

http://www.worldtribune.com/ ^ | August 17, 2007

[Rodm]

Caught the little buzzard red handed! Ha!

[MGBGUN]

“”All after the capture of a so-called terrorist.””
You blooming idiot ! Can you not make the connection with an Iranian Officer captured in IRAQ and what that implies??
Get on over to the DU board, you’ll find like minds there.

[bubbacluck]

I am not now and never have been associated with the individual called Dan bert

Not even Dil bert?

[bert]

Dilbert is ok....engineers stick together

[14themunny]

let’s torture him by putting panties on his head.

(usually you have to pay extra for that)

[Recovering_Democrat]

Why don't we just arm the forces of democracy in Iran, send in some special forces, and get it over with? Seems to me Iran is the last real "strong man" in the region. You'd have a trifecta: Afghanistan, Iraq, Iran all moving toward democracy--and a massive sea change in that hemisphere.

Yeah, you'll still have the al Qaeda punks to find and we'd have to pick them off...that jerk in Syria may still have to dealt with, but he really is small potatoes. You'd see a lot of the $$ dry up for Hezbollah and Hamas...I doubt the Saudis would fund a lot of that terrorist crap if they see Iran fall.

[airedale]

He’ll have a diplomatic passport so even though he’s dirty up to the top of his head he’ll have to be let go and returned to Iran.

[USS Alaska]

Yo, dan

Troll

[muawiyah]

First he should be handed over to some Mohawk Traditionalists from a group in Canada who seek to bring back some elements of the "good old days".

Then he can go to GITMO, and he'll appreciate it Fur Shur.

[Marine_Uncle]

It sure does look like an important capture. Should lead to a lot more if all goes well.
Shame we can't find leads that would directly link Sadr and Maliki to the Quds forces, so that they could be legally removed from the system, and a new PM with this time carefully selected ministry posts installed.
The more good news we hear from the military end, the more negative news comes out of their central government. If only a Shia such as Allawi could be installed, that would not take sides with the Persians, things could start to really improve greatly country wide.

[libstripper]

Interrogate this subhuman with ALL available resources, get everything he has, and EXTERMINATE him.

[Billthedrill]

A pingaroo.

Here we have the very essence of what the WOT is actually about. It is for this that Bush cast aside his personal reputation (such as it was) with the international institutions to which he is not necessarily otherwise estranged. It is for this that we invaded Iraq.

This man (and for the ACLU lurkers, please insert "alleged" in the appropriate locations. Thanks) is a member of a formal state organ who is actively participating in the proliferation of weapons and violence in another country under the auspices of a putative "resistance" movement. In fact, this is state-sponsored terror through proxy armies who are carrying on a stipulated national policy. Furthermore, he has done so under the protection of international law in the form of the sanctuary of his own border and its ability to protect the origins of the terror that he has been caught introducing into Iraq.

He is not, obviously, unique; in fact, he represents an entire method of warfare that has formed around the structure of internationalist systems - the UN, the ICC, etc, etc - who regard this activity as an entirely permissible control over the United States. Not formally, of course. A certain amount of winking and pretense is involved, naturally, but in fact this man typifies precisely the form of illegitimate warfare the acceptance of which is the price the West is expected to pay in return for the highly dubious benefits of participation in the system. Bush's great crime to them was that he opted out.

Were it up to me the man would be stood up in front of a wall and shot. He is an enemy combatant who (presumably) has eschewed a uniform and hence the protection that offers under the Geneva convention. And those who sent him are absolutely subject to retaliation in kind. Were it up to me Ahmadinejad's next motorcade might run into some serious mechanical difficulties courtesy of the same EFP's he has directed be used on our troops. That is the only thing short of open war that might be convincing enough. We've been at covert war for some time.

[libstripper]

DAMN RIGHT!!!

[mkjessup]

At times like this, we need to have a Hollywood-style sound stage/studio that simulates the roaring fires of Hell itself, with a satanic version of Saddam’s industrial shredding machine, and of course a Saddam look-alike, and after knocking out the Iranian with some dope, let the scumbag wake up to blazing flames, smoke, sparks, horrifying demonic laughter, and ‘Saddam’ preparing for the SOB’s eternal shredding...

[wayoverontheright]

We've been capturing and killing Iranian elements since the beginning of the war, the difference is that we are just now beginning to make the information public. This is now and has been an act of war on the part of Iran. Could it be that W has decided that now that Iraq is settling in, this is the opportune time to begin to build a case for war against Iran with the American people?

I believe that is what we are seeing here.

[Southack]

I believe that you are making a very good point.

Waiting for Iraq to reach a certain level of stability would completely explain why we haven’t addressed Iran (yet).

[Delmarksman]

Though I agree completely,
I feel that Russia and China are gonna attack Iran without joining the conflict.

[mathurine]

Any Iranian-supplied weapons captured in Iraq should be returned to the muzzie bastards live and inbound, and if they don’t have the range to make it back, we could afford to air mail them randomly in the vicinity of Tehran.

[Dog]

Bill spot on.

Thanks again for the ping.

[RightOnline]

"Up until now have our commanders and troops had their hands tied?"

Yes.

They still do.