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U.S. forces raid Iranian office in Iraq: Tehran |
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070111/ts_nm/iraq_iran_raid_dc
U.S. forces raid Iranian office in Iraq: Tehran
By Shamal Aqrawi
Thu Jan 11, 11:45 AM ET
U.S. forces stormed an Iranian government representative's office in
the northern Iraqi city of Arbil early on Thursday and arrested five
employees, including diplomats and staff, Iranian officials said.
The U.S. military made no direct mention of Iranians but said six
"individuals" had been arrested during "routine" operations in the
area.
The raid, as President George W. Bush vowed in a speech to disrupt what
he called the "flow of support" from Iran and Syria for insurgent
attacks on U.S. forces in Iraq, drew criticism from Iraq's Kurdish
regional government, which called it a violation of its sovereignty and
of international immunity laws.
Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Mohammad Ali Hosseini also condemned
the raid -- the second such operation in the past month as tensions
between Washington and Tehran have mounted.
"The activity of all those people at our office in Arbil was legal and
was in cooperation with and had the approval of the Iraqi side,"
Hosseini told Iran's state-owned Arabic language satellite channel
Al-Alam.
"There is no justification for this behavior of the Americans,
particularly because Iraqi officials were not informed about this
move." Earlier Iranian reports had described the premises raided as a
consular office.
In a statement, the U.S. military said it had detained six people
around Arbil on suspicion of being "closely tied to activities
targeting Iraqi and coalition forces."
"This operation was part of an ongoing effort by coalition forces
targeting individuals involved in activities aimed at the killing of
Iraqi citizens and Coalition forces," it said, adding that the suspects
had surrendered without incident.
U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, while not commenting on the
operation in Arbil, told Fox News:
"The president made very clear last night that we know that Iran is
engaged in activities that are endangering our troops, activities that
are destabilizing the young Iraqi government and that we're going to
pursue those who may be involved in those activities."
In a strongly-worded statement from one of Washington's closest allies
in Iraq, the offices of the Kurdish prime minister and Kurdish
president expressed their "disturbance and condemnation" over the
predawn operation and urged the U.S. military to release employees
arrested during the raid.
TEHRAN DENIES MEDDLING
Witnesses in Arbil, the capital of the autonomous northern region of
Kurdistan bordering Iran, said Kurdish security forces sealed off the
area after the Americans left.
The official Iranian IRNA news agency said documents and computers were
seized after the 5 a.m. (0200 GMT) raid and Iranian state television
said those arrested included "diplomats and staff."
U.S. officials have repeatedly accused non-Arab, Shi'ite Iran of
interfering in Iraq, where the long-oppressed Shi'ite majority is now
in power. Tehran denies U.S. charges of supplying Shi'ite militias with
weapons.
In December, U.S. forces in Baghdad arrested a number of Iranians they
said were suspected of planning attacks on Iraqi security forces,
including diplomats who were later turned over to Iraqi authorities.
A British official told the BBC this month that the Iranians arrested
in Baghdad were senior intelligence officers on a covert mission to
influence the Iraqi government.
Iraqi government spokesman Ali al-Dabbagh, whose boss Prime Minister
Nuri al-Maliki traveled last year to Tehran as part of a series of
high-level contacts that reflected a warming of relations between
former enemies Iraq and Iran, said Baghdad had demanded an explanation
from Iran and Washington on the matter.
(Additional reporting by Edmund Blair)
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070111/ts_nm/iraq_iran_raid_dc
U.S. forces raid Iranian office in Iraq: Tehran
By Shamal Aqrawi
Thu Jan 11, 11:45 AM ET
U.S. forces stormed an Iranian government representative's office in
the northern Iraqi city of Arbil early on Thursday and arrested five
employees, including diplomats and staff, Iranian officials said.
The U.S. military made no direct mention of Iranians but said six
"individuals" had been arrested during "routine" operations in the
area.
The raid, as President George W. Bush vowed in a speech to disrupt what
he called the "flow of support" from Iran and Syria for insurgent
attacks on U.S. forces in Iraq, drew criticism from Iraq's Kurdish
regional government, which called it a violation of its sovereignty and
of international immunity laws.
Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Mohammad Ali Hosseini also condemned
the raid -- the second such operation in the past month as tensions
between Washington and Tehran have mounted.
"The activity of all those people at our office in Arbil was legal and
was in cooperation with and had the approval of the Iraqi side,"
Hosseini told Iran's state-owned Arabic language satellite channel
Al-Alam.
"There is no justification for this behavior of the Americans,
particularly because Iraqi officials were not informed about this
move." Earlier Iranian reports had described the premises raided as a
consular office.
In a statement, the U.S. military said it had detained six people
around Arbil on suspicion of being "closely tied to activities
targeting Iraqi and coalition forces."
"This operation was part of an ongoing effort by coalition forces
targeting individuals involved in activities aimed at the killing of
Iraqi citizens and Coalition forces," it said, adding that the suspects
had surrendered without incident.
U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, while not commenting on the
operation in Arbil, told Fox News:
"The president made very clear last night that we know that Iran is
engaged in activities that are endangering our troops, activities that
are destabilizing the young Iraqi government and that we're going to
pursue those who may be involved in those activities."
In a strongly-worded statement from one of Washington's closest allies
in Iraq, the offices of the Kurdish prime minister and Kurdish
president expressed their "disturbance and condemnation" over the
predawn operation and urged the U.S. military to release employees
arrested during the raid.
TEHRAN DENIES MEDDLING
Witnesses in Arbil, the capital of the autonomous northern region of
Kurdistan bordering Iran, said Kurdish security forces sealed off the
area after the Americans left.
The official Iranian IRNA news agency said documents and computers were
seized after the 5 a.m. (0200 GMT) raid and Iranian state television
said those arrested included "diplomats and staff."
U.S. officials have repeatedly accused non-Arab, Shi'ite Iran of
interfering in Iraq, where the long-oppressed Shi'ite majority is now
in power. Tehran denies U.S. charges of supplying Shi'ite militias with
weapons.
In December, U.S. forces in Baghdad arrested a number of Iranians they
said were suspected of planning attacks on Iraqi security forces,
including diplomats who were later turned over to Iraqi authorities.
A British official told the BBC this month that the Iranians arrested
in Baghdad were senior intelligence officers on a covert mission to
influence the Iraqi government.
Iraqi government spokesman Ali al-Dabbagh, whose boss Prime Minister
Nuri al-Maliki traveled last year to Tehran as part of a series of
high-level contacts that reflected a warming of relations between
former enemies Iraq and Iran, said Baghdad had demanded an explanation
from Iran and Washington on the matter.
(Additional reporting by Edmund Blair)
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