The top Quds Force commander — known as Chizari, according to a December 30 story in the Washington Post — was captured inside a compound belonging to Abdul Aziz Hakim,
What's taken John McCain so long to come out and insist he get's a lawyer and 3 squares a day?
Seriously, though, this is great news, but it won't matter if Bush doesn't frame the debate and tell the public.
If he went on TV tonight and announced that the US had captured a high ranking commander of Iranian Special Forces who was their connection with Al Qaeda and the insurgents in Iraq, along with all the documents and information he was carrying, and that he is currnetly being interrogated and the US will be using this information accordingly, his approval ratings would jump at least 10 points overnight.
The public needs to be involved and needs to hear good news.
This is like capturing Otto Skorzeny or Yamamoto. This guy Chizzari, being the Pasdaran's man in Baghdad is undoubtedly extremely plugged in. It's almost as good as having AHmadinejad or Khameini himself.
Why does the administration just let this stuff go unnoticed and not the news out there?
Bush, or someone else, should be on TV tonight. Clinton or Reagan would. They knew to use the media to their advantage. Bush doesn't. Unfortunately.
Yes, what exactly was he doing in Abdul Aziz Hakim's compound?
According to reports, Chizari was returned to Iran. (by order of the Iraqis)
However, I remember reading another report on this, saying that at least 4 Iranians were detained, but only 2 were returned.