A de facto hostage exchange
CounterPunch
by Patrick Cockburn
04/05/07
The stand-off over the 15 British sailors and marines captured by Iran ended with a de facto prisoner exchange, despite denials by Britain and Iran that a swap was intended. … The seizure of the sailors and marines was the latest episode in a series of tit-for-tat confrontations between the US and Iran which began when the US tried to seize senior Iranian intelligence officials on an official visit to Arbil on January 11. The raid failed and only succeeded in detaining five Iranian officials at the liaison office, which has now been officially recognized as a consular office...
http://www.counterpunch.org/patrick04052007.html
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=15+British
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Patrick+Cockburn
by Patrick Cockburn
04/05/07
The stand-off over the 15 British sailors and marines captured by Iran ended with a de facto prisoner exchange, despite denials by Britain and Iran that a swap was intended. … The seizure of the sailors and marines was the latest episode in a series of tit-for-tat confrontations between the US and Iran which began when the US tried to seize senior Iranian intelligence officials on an official visit to Arbil on January 11. The raid failed and only succeeded in detaining five Iranian officials at the liaison office, which has now been officially recognized as a consular office...
http://www.counterpunch.org/patrick04052007.html
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=15+British
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Patrick+Cockburn
rudkla - 7. Apr, 11:48
