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BBC: US forces storm Iranian consulate (11 January 2007)
US forces have stormed an Iranian consulate in the northern Iraqi town of Irbil and seized five members of staff.

The troops raided the building at about 0300, taking away computers and papers, according to Kurdish media and senior local officials.

The US military had no immediate comment on the raid, which comes amid high tension between Iran and the US.



Those whom the Gods wish to destroy They first make mad. -- Euripides
by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Thu Jan 11th, 2007 at 05:11:24 AM EST
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You know, when Al Jazeera (Arabic) first broke this story this morning, it was with what I assume was a typo on their bottom-of-the-screen banner, which said that American troops had raided the American consulate in Irbil and arrested staff.  Talk about doing a double-take....

They'd corrected it by the second time around.

by the stormy present (stormypresent aaaaaaat gmail etc) on Thu Jan 11th, 2007 at 05:41:08 AM EST
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At least that would be legal.

Those whom the Gods wish to destroy They first make mad. -- Euripides
by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Thu Jan 11th, 2007 at 05:42:59 AM EST
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