From: "Robert G Lewis" 


"George Sherwood"  wrote in message
news:pan.2007.03.26.17.46.05{at}beernabeer.com...
> On Mon, 26 Mar 2007 12:18:11 -0500, Robert G Lewis wrote:
>
>> "George Sherwood"  wrote in message
>> news:pan.2007.03.26.16.44.59{at}beernabeer.com...
>>> On Mon, 26 Mar 2007 12:08:17 -0400, Rich Gauszka wrote:
>>>
>>> Take hostage from an embassy - Iranians have
>>>> done that - so have we now.
>>>
>>> Rich,
>>>   Can you explain where we have done that?  Those Iranians taken in
>>>   Iraq
>>> were neither accredited diplomats or in an Embassy. Unless you are
>>> talking about some other situation.
>>>
>>> George
>>
>> Actually among those we arrested were two accredited diplomats who we
>> turned over to the Iraqi government who release them.
>>
>> http://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/25/world/middleeast/25iraq.html?
> ex=1324702800&en=57bbb45f8e61b7ba&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss
>>
>> Page two of the article.
>>
>> "In one raid, which took place around 7 p.m. that day, American forces
>> stopped an official Iranian Embassy car carrying the two Iranian
>> diplomats, one or two Iranian guards and an Iraqi driver. Iraqi
>> officials said that the diplomats had been praying at the Buratha mosque
>> and that when it was stopped, the car was in the Allawi neighborhood, a
>> few minutes from the Iranian Embassy to the west of the Tigris River."
>>
>> If I recall correctly some of the news stories said those arrested in
>> the Kurdish areas were there with the knowledge of the Iraqi government.
>
> As I said, the diplomats that were detained were released to the Iraqi
> government.  It is what I would expect here if I was detained for some
> reason.  The comparison was made to taking hostages from an Embassy.
> There was my disagreement.
>
> George

I suspected it might be. I consider the taking of our Embassy to have criminal.

I am wondering why we are still holding any Iranians instead of the
sovereign government of Iraq though.

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