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US releases Iranian Qods Force agents
LONG WAR JOURNAL.org ^ | July 9, 2009 2:50 PM | By BILL ROGGIO

Posted on 07/10/2009 3:13:34 AM PDT by Cindy

The US military recently released five Iranian Qods Force agents who had posed as diplomats and were detained in northern Iraq in late 2006. The Iranian agents were released to the Iraqi government, which is expected to promptly turn them back over to Iran.

In January 2007, the five Iranian agents were detained by US forces in the Kurdish city of Irbil. Iran claimed the men were part of a diplomatic mission in Irbil, and protested the arrest. The men were operating from a liaison office that did not enjoy diplomatic privileges, however.

The US military accused the five Iranians of being Qods Force agents assigned to help support Shia terror groups inside Iraq.

"The five detainees are connected to the Iranian Revolutionary Guard – Qods Force (IRGC-QF), an organization known for providing funds, weapons, improvised explosive device technology and training to extremist groups attempting to destabilize the Government of Iraq and attack Coalition forces," noted Multinational Forces Iraq in press release announcing the arrest in mid-January 2007.

Now these Qods Force agents have been released to the Iraqi government and will be turned over to the embassy in Baghdad, according to Ambassador Hassan Kazemi Qomi.

Read more: http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2009/07/us_releases_iranian.php#ixzz0Kql2fTAQ&C

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; Government; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: globaljihad; iran; iraq; irgc; irgcqf; qodsforce

1 posted on 07/10/2009 3:13:35 AM PDT by Cindy
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To: All

A Look at Iran
http://www.truthusa.com/IRAN.html


2 posted on 07/10/2009 3:15:18 AM PDT by Cindy
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To: Cindy

Gee thanks Barak...

Now they can get back to their real job — finding new ways to kill Americans.


3 posted on 07/10/2009 3:15:50 AM PDT by Ronin (It will be helpful Wif Geithner can show us some arithmetic.)
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To: Ronin

The Qods Force agents should have been killed and buried with the dead insurgents.


4 posted on 07/10/2009 3:36:02 AM PDT by myknowledge (F-22 Raptor: World's Largest Distributor of Sukhoi parts!)
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To: myknowledge

“The Qods Force agents should have been killed and buried...”

Only the information about them by the MSM.


5 posted on 07/10/2009 3:50:58 AM PDT by rockinqsranch (Dems, Libs, Socialists...Call 'em What you Will, They ALL have Fairies Living In Their Trees.)
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To: rockinqsranch

The lamestream MSM corporate leaders are in bed with the Zero.

That’s why.


6 posted on 07/10/2009 4:03:53 AM PDT by myknowledge (F-22 Raptor: World's Largest Distributor of Sukhoi parts!)
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To: Cindy

Double agents now?

LLS


7 posted on 07/10/2009 4:13:29 AM PDT by LibLieSlayer (hussein will NEVER be my President... NEVER!!!)
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To: Cindy
The five detainees are connected to the Iranian Revolutionary Guard – Qods Force (IRGC-QF), an organization known for providing funds, weapons, improvised explosive device technology and training to extremist groups attempting to destabilize the Government of Iraq and attack Coalition forces.

Hey! That's meddling!

/s

8 posted on 07/10/2009 4:27:32 AM PDT by edpc (01010111 01010100 01000110 00111111)
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To: Cindy

In 2007, the Senate designated Iran’s Revolutionary Guard as a foreign terrorist organization, fyi.


9 posted on 07/10/2009 4:40:21 AM PDT by cranked
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To: AdmSmith; Berosus; bigheadfred; Convert from ECUSA; dervish; Ernest_at_the_Beach; Fred Nerks; ...
agents who had posed as diplomats and were detained in northern Iraq in late 2006

10 posted on 07/10/2009 5:33:53 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/__Since Jan 3, 2004__Profile updated Monday, January 12, 2009)
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To: Cindy
It was obviously part of the deal...

Reporter Saberi leaves Iran jail

Iran release of US journalist removes obstacle to US-Iran dialogue

Senior Obama advisor comes to Iran

11 posted on 07/10/2009 7:08:12 AM PDT by Virginia Ridgerunner (Sarah Palin has crossed the Rubicon!)
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