Sunday, July 08, 2007

Iranians? What Iranians?

Oohhhhh, you mean THOSE Iranians we took in Iraq. The ones Iran says are diplomats and we say are connected to the Iranian Revolutionary Guard. The ones Cheney did not want to let free:

Iranian diplomats have been given access to five Iranians for the first time since they were detained by US forces in January.

The US military says the men are linked to Iran's Revolutionary Guards and were working with armed groups in Iraq.

Iran has insisted they are diplomats and are demanding they be freed.

Hassan Kazemi-Qomi, Iran's ambassador said the meeting was "a step forward and positive".

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Iraq has been pressing the US and Iran to hold a second round of talks in Baghdad after a meeting in May where senior envoys from the two sides discussed the violence in Iraq.

"We hope this humanitarian gesture will help to ease tensions and facilitate further dialogue between the two countries," Zebari said.

Cheney's version of diplomacy: Hit them first and then talk to them as they are lying on the ground....

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