Is this so we will ever so conveniently have no one our diplomats can talk to?

General Petraeus, do you support a war with Iran? Do you support Bush and Cheney's obvious desire to attack Iran? What are you going to do about Iraq and Afghanistan if you start a third war? Have you considered what Iran's reaction will be if we do attack? Have you considered what the world's reaction will be if we do?

General Petraeus, do you have political ambitions?

The top US military commander in Iraq, Gen David Petraeus, has accused Iran's ambassador of belonging to an elite unit of Iran's Revolutionary Guards.

Gen Petraeus said Hassan Kazemi-Qomi was a member of the Quds Force, which the US believes backs foreign Islamic revolutionary movements.

Gen Petraeus said he had no doubt Iran was behind attacks that had led to the deaths of US soldiers.

Iran has so far not commented, but regularly denies any such involvement.

Separately, the US military said it had captured three Iranian-linked Shia militiamen believed responsible for abducting five British security contractors in May.