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rodeodance Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-29-07 07:00 AM
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US admits Iranian arrests mistake

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/6967850.stm

29 August 2007, 11:04 GMT 12:04 UK

US admits Iranian arrests mistake

Detail from AP TV footage showing US troops detaining a group of people
Video images showed people being led from a hotel in blindfolds

Iranians arrested
The US military has admitted to what it called a "regrettable incident" after it arrested a group of eight Iranians in Baghdad.

The Iranians were held at a checkpoint and detained overnight. They were freed after the Iraqi government intervened.

Iran says the men were in the city at the invitation of Iraq's government, and that the US action was unjustified.

An aide to the top US commander in Iraq later said the US accepted that the Iranians were on official business.

Dr Saadi Othman, adviser to Gen David Petraeus, told BBC News that the incident had "nothing to do" with US President George W Bush's speech on Tuesday, in which he strongly criticised Iran for its alleged interference in Iraq.

Blindfolded
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bananas Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-29-07 07:26 AM
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1. oops!
I hope they weren't tortured too much.
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DrDan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-29-07 08:11 AM
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2. mistake my ass . . . .n/t
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sinkingfeeling Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-29-07 09:14 AM
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3. Uh, I think it is the continued harassment of Iran by the US. They'll do anything to build
their case that Iran is now the 'evil empire'.
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donkeyotay Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-29-07 11:08 AM
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4. Why were they blindfolded?
Nice to know we've progressed from putting bags over people's heads, but what purpose does the blindfold serve?
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