US releases nine Iranians in Iraq

[dipsydoodle]

Source: BBC News

The US military in Iraq has released nine of the 20 Iranian citizens it has detained there, including two held on suspicion of helping Shia militants.
The release followed a review of their cases which concluded that the men no longer posed a security risk and were "of no continued intelligence value".

The Iranians were released to the Iraqi government, which later reportedly gave them to the Iranian embassy in Baghdad.

Tehran has dismissed US accusations that it is aiding insurgents in Iraq.



Read more: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/7086402.stm

[rAVES]

1. Clearly any Iranians involved in anything in Iraq must be the fault of the Iranian Government!

just like the Hijackers from Saudi Arabia.

If we are going to use this Logic we might aswell stick to it! :sarcasm:

[ohio2007]

2. must be a trade off since China recently mentioned leaning on Iran over the nuke issue

...unless the US is waiting to see what in kind gesture Iran is about to bring to the table....

not like we are going to hold the rest hostage for 444 days
or
hold them until Amadnutjob is voted out of office in Iran