From: George Sherwood 

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

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