More Iranians detained in Iraq?

[Andre II]

Apparently there are more and more now.

"An American military spokesman said Wednesday that the United States was reviewing an informal request from the Iranian government for an envoy to visit five Iranians imprisoned following an American raid in northern Iraq in January.

The spokesman, Major General William Caldwell 4th, said at a news conference that the request was "being assessed at this time." He added that the Americans had conducted the raid to apprehend people suspected of carrying out "illegal operations" in Iraq.

The general also said the International Committee of the Red Cross had recently been allowed to visit a group of prisoners that included one of the Iranians.

Ali al-Dabbagh, a spokesman for the Iraqi government, said the five Iranians were a subject of discussion at a regional conference held last month in Baghdad that was attended by American and Iranian diplomats."
http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/04/04/news/iraq.php